Bookshop Book
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472116666 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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For the love of books and bookstores, long may they endure Z Hayes My abiding love affair with books began some thirty-five years ago when as a young child, I accompanied my mom to a used bookstore. We lived on a tight budget and books were considered a luxury, but my mother, bless her heart, would save up to take me book shopping (we didn't have a public library close by) at the local used bookstore, which was really more a room that had been let to the bookstore owner. I remember being in raptures when I was able to find Nancy Drew hardcovers for bargain pric. Independent bookstores still scatter the earthcan this possibly be?! As an online bookseller, I basked for days in the light of this book, following Jen Campbell around the world as she visited a seeming unending number of "brick and mortar" independent book stores. A few of the stores that she shares about are now closed (I was sad but hardly surprised.) However, the vast majority of the stores she "visits" are open and dare I say thriving?! (I was thrilled and very surprised by this fact.) In fact, I had to revisit the publication page to confirm that yes, inde. Gretchen M. Highsmith said Fascinationg Little Book. I loved the title & premise of the Bookshop Book and it did not disappoint. I never write reviews but perhaps I should. The author describes book shops that are all over the world, how the bookshops look, the types of books some owners carry, the quirkiness of both the owners of the bookshop and the setting of each bookshop visited from hobbit size places to large & modern "shops." Halfway through the book, I googled bookshops in my state and now have a large list of shops to visit. The concern
a perfect present for any booklover of your acquaintanceit wonderfully illustrates the love of books that sellers and buyers across the world can haveImage Magazine
Meet Sarah and her Book Barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada that's invented the world's first antiquarian book vending machine. We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We're talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. The Bookshop Book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I've-ever-been-to-bookshops. From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we've yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole). --"A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out int
She's a published poet and short story writer. Jen Campbell grew up in the North East of England, and graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA in English Literature. . She lives in North London where she works at Ripping Yarns bookshop