Description

Hardcover, 260 x 210 mm, 256 p, throughout colour illustrations, English edition. ISBN 9783899559941. Bookshops are powerful places with the freedom to deep-dive into their niches, from cooking to cartoons, architecture to anarchy. Do You Read Me? reconsiders the bookshop as a cornerstone of the community, where subcultures have the physical space to thrive. Bookshops are universally recognized as marketplaces of knowledge, curiosity, inspiration, and entertainment. They also promote communication and tolerance across cultures and have become destinations for both local communities and travelers. Within a changing media environment their role has been shifting, leading their overseers to pursue different ways to engage with their customers and build local-and sometimes even regional- support for their businesses. Do You Read Me? seeks out the most innovative and beautiful bookshops achieving this, sharing their concepts and celebrating book culture in all its glorious forms.