Via I'm pointed to Rodolfo C. Estimo Jr.'s Arab News report, Bookstores urged to rethink strategies, as the number of bookstores selling secondhand books in the Saudi capital is apparently declining -- indeed: "bookstores for secondhand books along Makkah Road are gone".
A literature professor is quoted:
A literature professor is quoted:
There are only a few bookstores remaining in the Saudi capital and they will also close down if the owners don't make the right moves competition-wise to stay in businessOptions would seem to be limited for used bookstores -- which have been on the decline all over the world in recent years (or have shifted much of their selling online ...).