bookshop

Nov 26

Independent Bookstores Are Fighting Back Against Amazon Via a New Online Platform

A new platform called Bookshop makes it easy to forgo Amazon and buy directly from independent bookstores, and it's just as convenient as shopping from the mega-retailer.

By Sage Fitzpatrick

Jun 1

There’s Only One Bookstore in Queens, and Three Women Are Going to Change That

A book lover has tiny homes all over the world. It doesn’t matter what language the pages are in, or whether the store is massive industrial endeavor with a built-in Starbucks, or a tiny basement corner with an a cat stalking across wooden shelves; a bookstore is a familiar haven to run your fingers across glossy paperback covers, remind yourself of forgotten, favorite titles, and duck into a bathroom without being bothered.

By Dana Schwartz

Oct 18

To Do This Weekend: Visit the Green-Wood Cemetery and an Old-Fashioned Bookshop

Examine the dangerous fads of the Victorian Age at the Green-Wood Cemetery.

By Jennifer Ashley Wright

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