Harper’s publisher John “Rick” MacArthur, who owns 40 percent of the Book Culture bookstore on Columbus Avenue in NYC, is concerned that partner Chris Doeblin — who operates the three other Book Culture stores under a different entity — is “raising money on the false premise that Book Culture on Columbus is on the verge of failure when it’s not. I won’t permit it to go bankrupt.” Doeblin had posted in late June “Our 4 stores are in danger of closing soon and we need financial assistance or investment on an interim basis to help us find our footing.” An […]
