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Book Retailers

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Borders' Demise: What Does It Mean for New York's Independent Bookstores?

    ​Yesterday, the Columbus Circle Borders hosted its last event: a well-attended reading from Hair: The Story of the Show that Defined a Generation, followed by cast performances. A young boy sitting toward the back had his nose stuck in a graphic novel (paper, not digital) through almost the wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    $1 Million Rent Kills the Librairie Francaise

    Thanks to TONY for letting us know: the Librairie Francaise is closing. Rockefeller Center has raised the French booksellers' rent from $360,000 a year to -- get this -- $1 million. David Rockefeller accommodated the library in 1935 to lend a touch of class to the new Center, but who goes to Rockefe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Clip Job: The Long, Slow Death of Bookshops

    Thanks to TONY for letting us know: the Librairie Francaise is closing. Rockefeller Center has raised the French booksellers' rent from $360,000 a year to -- get this -- $1 million. David Rockefeller accommodated the library in 1935 to lend a touch of class to the new Center, but who goes to Rockefe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Start Your Own Bookstore: Only $250,000 Down

    Thanks to TONY for letting us know: the Librairie Francaise is closing. Rockefeller Center has raised the French booksellers' rent from $360,000 a year to -- get this -- $1 million. David Rockefeller accommodated the library in 1935 to lend a touch of class to the new Center, but who goes to Rockefe ... More >>

  • Books

    May 16, 2006

    Chain Reaction

    Do bookstores have a future?

  • News

    April 8, 2003

    Throwing the Book at Us

    FBI Snoops at Libraries

  • News

    February 19, 2002

    Eyeing What You Read

    FBI in Libraries and Bookstores

  • News

    September 21, 1999

    It’s Sell or High Water

    Whee-commerce! Can Indie Booksellers Ride the Wave?

  • News

    June 9, 1998

    Vendor Bender

    Whee-commerce! Can Indie Booksellers Ride the Wave?

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