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Browsing at a Distance: Even with local support, bookstores are struggling to break even

by Guillermo Zapata July 22, 2020July 30, 2020

ess than six months ago, the experience of walking into a bookstore and browsing the shelves, being reminded of titles you’d been hoping to read, and becoming inspired to read others, was taken for granted by book lovers and booksellers alike. The ā€œthird spaceā€ a bookstore provided was in and of itself valuable, not just […]

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