Surely, there is a seat reserved in hell for those who gloat over the closing of a bookstore, writes Christopher Borrelli. Perhaps the exception is this once ominous brick-and-mortar Amazon Books, the strangest excuse ever for a bookstore chain.
And that’s how the bourgeoisie are taking the news.Surely, there is a seat reserved in hell for those who gloat over the closing of a bookstore. Perhaps the exception is this, the strangest excuse ever for a bookstore chain and, for five chilly years of life in Chicago, the dumbest bookstore in the city. Jeff will get over it, move on and disrupt something else.
Being on one of my periodic Stephen King binges, I figured I could at least grab the second volume of “The Dark Tower,” but they had a few newer Kings and four copies of “Carrie.” Business books waited beside the front doors. Behind that, the wellness books.There were no attempts at quirks, few suggestions of personality, no handwritten index cards full of recommendations; but there was a cool Lego flower bouquet and several rows of Colleen Hoover novels.
Said Matt Faries of Unabridged Bookstore in Lakeview, founded 42 years ago: “I once went in out of curiosity and I was ignored. I just smelled like an independent bookseller.”
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