One of the biggest and flashiest independent bookstores to open in years–Legacy Books in Plano, TX just north of Dallas–will close later this month. Managing partner Teri Tanner “said the store’s investors made the decision to close.” The 24,000-square-foot store opened in the midst of the economic collapse, in November 2008. As the Dallas Morning News writes, “it was one of a few independent bookstores of its size to open in the US in decades.” Tanner tells the newspaper she has started Double T Consulting, a company “dedicated to pursuing independent bookselling and other retail opportunities” in North Texas. They […]
