High Street

What would the bookstore of the future look like? The Economist’s Intelligent Life magazine asked four Commonwealth architecture firms to come up with their futuristic vision for a small High Street bookshop with two floors of 1,000 square feet each, and a limited budget of £100,000 (about $168,000) to make all the improvements. The visions […]

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The promised Independent Booksellers Week Debate “The Perfect Storm: Why Bookshops are in the frontline in the battle for the High Street,” held as part of the UK  Independent Booksellers Week, took place midweek at London’s South Bank Centre (though unfortunately, it passed off without a recording). And high-profile comments by participants put the pressure [...]

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"Oh, you mean this week," she says. "I haven't sold any this week. Two is what I have sold in total." Surely not? I thought suburban Britain was supposed to be a hotbed of key-swapping swingers who would glory in EL James's erotica. "Who do you think is buying this book if not your customers?" I ask. A look of inner confidence washes over her face. "Silly mothers," she says with absolute certainty. "The giggly sort, not the type who would normally read a book." At which point a previously unseen presence makes itself felt…