Two years ago, the only new bookstore in the Bronx was in danger of shutting down. The Barnes & Noble at Bay Plaza was set to close for the expected reason — rent increases outpacing the store’s… Read more »

London’s Slightly Foxed is closing down at the end of January. The independent bookshop, located on Gloucester Road in West London, made the announcement on its website. The owners said the… Read more »

If bookstores are fleeing high city rents, what happens to the neighborhoods where they land? Are bookstores as culpable for gentrification as anyone else? Last week the New York Times… Read more »