In other bookselling news, 42 more Angus & Robertson stores in Australia are being shut and 19 A&R stores are being sold “within a fortnight”, resulting in the loss of 519 jobs: 116 full-time, 47 part-time and 266 casual book shop staff, with the remaining 90 jobs cut from A&R’s and warehouse staff. Sydney Morning Herald The LAT profiles Josh Spencer, owner of downtown LA used bookstore The Last Bookstore, which opened in December 2009 and recently moved to a 10,000 square foot location in the city’s downtown area. The upgrade seems to be working: “We sold more books here […]
