The Seattle PI looks at the rash of store closings and tough retail environment, even in the highly-literate Seattle. It “has more bookstores per capita than any other city in the country, according to the “America’s Most Literate Cities” survey conducted by Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University — 174 at last count. But running a bookstore has always been an occupation for dreamers, and area independent stores have had to confront the realities of wresting a living from a low-margin business in an increasingly expensive town.” More broadly, Miller notes that “not a single city in our […]
