As booksellers think about what gradual re-opening looks like, Powell’s Books owner Emily Powell vows, “Powell’s will be here. It may look different. It may feel different for a while. But it will be here.” At the same time, for them, remote ordering is past its peak: “Powell’s has caught up with its orders now, Powell said, but the surge in business early in the pandemic has ebbed.” In Seattle, though, Elliott Bay Book Company manager Tracy Taylor said staff has been surprised at the constant pace of online orders: “It’s been consistent for the entire seven weeks. We thought […]
