Category Archives: Bookstore Apocalypse

Fake Bookstore

Posted on February 15, 2012 by kara

Argosy Book Shop, in Vertigo. When Scottie and the wonderful, fabulous, incomparable Midge go snooping for information, like a couple of teenage sleuths, on the beauteous and mysterious Carlotta Valdes, they wind up at the fictional Argosy Book Shop. It’s … Continue reading →

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Shelf Shuffling

Posted on September 5, 2011 by kara

I often hide the great works of the lunatic fringe with other books, because I am twelve.

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Dusty Tomes

Posted on August 10, 2011 by kara

MacLeod’s Books in downtown Vancouver has floor to cathedral-ceiling shelves teetering with books, books stacked on the floor, on chairs, on the steps. There is a nary a computer in sight, yet with the help of an exceedingly knowledgable staff, … Continue reading →

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Books-A-Million Minus 30.

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kara

  The last-ditch deal that would have had Books-A-Million buy 30 Borders‘ stores –saving nearly 1000 jobs – fell to shit today, signaling a final and certain end for all Borders stores from sea to shining sea. Those 30 stores would have … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Boneyard

Posted on February 17, 2011 by kara

Does this guy just scream “Philadelphia”, or what? It’s 1994 all over again. Borders – born as a used bookstore in Michigan 40 years ago and long seen as the less idiotic of the large chains – filed its long-expected … Continue reading →

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Bookstores are Closing all Over the Valley, Where we Need Them Most.

Posted on October 8, 2010 by kara

As news of the impending closure of the Barnes & Noble store in the Encino Marketplace travels through town, Encinoites are taking up (online) arms. They are venting their anger via a Facebook page (created by resident Robin Permaul), demanding that … Continue reading →

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The Borders at the Top of the Hill

Posted on July 3, 2010 by kara

This hideous Borders bookstore in Chestnut Hill, PA opened in August 1994, and failing to “meet the company’s objectives,” was shut down earlier this year. The store sat at the top of the hill, where Bethlehem Pike meets Germantown avenue, … Continue reading →

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Robber Baron, A Captain of Industry or Just a Really Kick-Ass Guy?

Posted on April 20, 2010 by kara

If Iceland and Goldman Sachs have not gotten you sufficiently pissed off this week, then this is for you: Tirelessly chic and sickeningly industrious clothing designer Marc Jacobs bought beloved West Village bookstore Biography Book Shop to open his own, … Continue reading →

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Dress For Success, Johnathan Livingston Seagull and that Dilbert Anthology Must Go.

Posted on March 29, 2010 by kara

Still collecting books for the Laredo,Texas used book, book drive.

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The Book Reopened in Laredo

Posted on March 22, 2010 by kara

An amazing story of a town pulling together that is straight out of Little House on the Prairie. In response to the closing of the B. Dalton bookstore in Laredo, Texas which has left the city of over a quarter … Continue reading →

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