Beyond Borders: the future of bookselling

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Amazon does not set the synapses crackling the way the sight of a pristine shelf of books does: it does not surprise you, nor does it fuel book hunger. You click on what you came for, and then you leave. This, then, is where the independent store, with its carefully edited collection, comes in. Lutyens & Rubinstein has been open just seven weeks but things are going twice as well as its owners expected. “We are a local shop,” says Rubinstein. “But we are also one with deep expertise and good taste.” She is smiling very broadly. So I ask if they are nervous. Sort of. “But we feel confident, too,” says Lutyens. “Very confident.”

Seen at The Guardian