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Do you read me? : bookstores around the world

2020
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Lose yourself in the pages of this showcase of some of the most beautiful, innovative, and successful bookshops around the world. Bookshops are powerful places with the - freedom to deep-dive into their niche, from - cooking to cartoons, architecture to anarchy. Do you read me? reconsiders the bookshop as a cornerstone of the community, where subcultures have the physical space to thrive. Bookshops are universally recognized as marketplaces of knowledge, curiosity, inspiration, and entertainment. They also promote communication and tolerance across cultures and have become destinations for both local communities and travellers. Within a changing media environment their role has been shifting, leading their overseers to pursue different ways to engage with their customers and build local - and sometimes even regional - support for their businesses. Do you read me? seeks out the most innovative and beautiful bookshops achieving this, sharing their concepts and celebrating book culture in all its glorious forms.
Main title:
Do you read me? : bookstores around the world / [text by Marianne Julia Straus ... [et al.] ; photo editor: Madeline Dudley-Yates ; preface by Juergen Boos ; translation from German by Maisie Fitzpatrick].
Imprint:
Berlin : Die Gestalten Verlag, 2020.
Collation:
271 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9783899559941
Dewey class:
381.45
Language:
English
BRN:
373948
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