Independent bookshops 'closing at rate of two a week'
Figures from the Booksellers Association show 102 shops closed in 2009, leaving just 1,289 left in business
The UK's only specialist crime bookshop, Murder One, shut up shop at the beginning of last year, Lancashire's award-winning Kaydee Bookshop was forced out of business after making a loss for five years running and 2009 also saw the closure of popular south London independent Crockatt & Powell. Independent booksellers are struggling, with official figures revealing that shops closed at a rate of almost two every week over the past year.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
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