Books Sold Here

The bookshop is the pool-hall for nerds. For those of us who look upon books as near-sacred objects and the places where they are sold as temples of sorts, bookshops are places of pleasure, education, and camaraderie, and as such are indispensable to the good life. Note please I write “bookshops,” not “bookstores.” A store

The Case To Reopen Borders

REVIEW: ‘The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading’ by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Before I went off to college, I would frequent libraries and bookstores, both large and small. One formative and saddening memory was of the local Borders—if you remember Borders—closing for good.