In The Telegraph Theodore Dalrymple explains Why second-hand bookshops are just my type.
Unfortunately, the business model of the old-style second-hand bookstore is hard to sustain:
Unfortunately, the business model of the old-style second-hand bookstore is hard to sustain:
Booksellers tell me that 90 per cent of their overheads arise from their shops, and 90 per cent of their sales from the internet.