Revenge of the independent book stores
Wed, 03/26/2008 - 05:48 — Blake
Revenge of the independent book stores: something odd is happening in Toronto: New little bookstores are popping up like crocuses in the spring earth. Type, the eclectic bookshop that two Toronto scholars opened two years ago on Queen Street West across from Trinity-Bellwoods Park, last November opened a second store in a nook in Forest Hill Village. And two weeks ago, Book City, the 32-year-old chain of small bookstores, gave Type some competition of its own, opening a location on Queen West. Type and Book City share the same streetcar stop, Niagara Street.
What gives? It appears that, Internet age be damned, a growing number of people like to read actual books, and seek them out in little shops with literate staff.
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Book stores galore
The article also mentions Ben McNally, another recently opened bookstore.The owner comes from yet another independent - Nicholas Hoare - which is a gorgeous, gorgeous store with leather chairs and wooden bookcases and a roaring fire in the winter. We have Children's bookstores as well - a true sign of health in the bookstore industry, IMHO.
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