Shakespeare & Co.

UN-VANISHING

It's rare when bookstores open. It's rare to give-up the ghost whatever adept tidings inwards this town nigh local businesses. And yet. Yesterday nosotros heard that Shakespeare & Co. is opening 2 novel stores inwards the city.

There volition last i inwards Greenwich Village, inwards the location long occupied past times Jefferson Market (closed inwards 2008, turned into a Gristede's, in addition to and therefore a luxury condo showroom). Another volition come upwardly to the Upper West Side at 2020 Broadway, betwixt 69th in addition to 70th Streets. (None for the book-starved East Village?)

They are slated to opened upwardly inwards the fall/winter of 2018.


2014

I asked CEO Dane Neller a few quick questions.

Q: Downtown, nosotros nevertheless miss the Broadway location close NYU (closed inwards 2014 in addition to turned into a Foot Locker). Will the novel store on sixth in addition to 11th Street accept a similarly curated selection?

A: Yes, alongside to a greater extent than choice since it’s a larger store.

Q: With therefore many bookstores closing across the city, what's the hush-hush to surviving -- in addition to growing -- inwards the electrical current market?

A: Being community based; offering an intimate setting in addition to literary cafe for customers to convene, socialize, in addition to browse; providing a forum for self-expressions in addition to creation alongside the Espresso Book Machine technology; in addition to having a thoughtfully curated choice of books geared to the neighborhood patrons, alongside knowledgeable in addition to friendly booksellers.

Q: So is it a myth that people are reading (and buying) fewer impress books?

A: Absolutely. Printed books nevertheless stand upwardly for over 75% of sum manufacture sales.


At the Shakespeare & Co. uptown

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