How to keep a bookshop meaningful in an era of online shopping: one business owner shares their approach.
Tag: bookstore
Give them something new to discover
Kenny Leck runs an iconic store in Singapore called BooksActually that sells a carefully curated motley of books, assorted objects from long ago (i.e. vintage), and odds-and-ends that book lovers universally tend to love: notebooks, tote bags, and sealing wax (after all, isn’t the purest of writing found in a heartfelt letter?) This local bookstore…
The bookstore slows you down
Tucked along a row of shops offering carpets, Turkish food, hostels, and a museum of toys, you will find a chalkboard outside a shop that flaunts none of its wares on the sidewalk. To discover what it holds, the curious need to take a step inside. This is Wardah Books. For 16 years, Ibrahim Tahir has…
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