readers: Books and readers who want to experience bookshops, rather than buy from Amazon are not dead, according to The Guardian. The physical world lives on. Sales of printed books have risen for the fourth successive year; sales of ebooks are falling; and, perhaps most encouraging of all, despite two recent high-profile store closures, the number of independent bookshops is growing again after decades of decline. But what about booksellers I've spent the past few weeks talking to a number of them some responded to a callout on the Guardian's website; others I approached directly. One has opened a tea room, while another I spoke to has closed her shop but plans to start selling children's books from a boat. Most of the independents who responded are positive, although some are having to diversify to stay afloat.
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