Category: books
Librerie Coop + Eataly, Bologna
In our bookstore tour of the world, we increasingly see the merger of bookselling with another retail concept – for example, the T-site in Daikanyama 代官山 in Tokyo and the Eslite Spectrum in Hong Kong – see our posts here and here. In Bologna, I (Chris) visited the Librerie Coop + Eataly Bologna – a…
Libreria A. Nanni, Bologna, Italy
I was visiting Bologna last December. Bologna is famous not only for its pasta sauce and several other foods but also for its porticos. In total, there are over 45 km (28 miles) of arcades, some 38 in the city center. Bologna is officially the “City of Porticoes” following its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage…
Librairies, Rive Gauche, Paris – part 2
Continuing from part 1 … as some of you may know, we have been putting up photos of bookstores from around the world. In addition to those posts that are linked in part 1, here are a few more that you can jump to: House of Books in Moscow, Alexandra in Budapest and the MIT…
Bookstores, Left Bank, Paris – part 1
As some of you may know, we have been putting up photos of bookstores from around the world. This is another bunch to add to the pile. If you are curious, do click on the side bar and browse the filtered selections. Or jump to Rizzoli in Milano, T-site in Daikanyama, Tokyo, Livraria Cultura in Iguatemi, Sao…
The Eslite Spectrum 誠品生活, Hong Kong
We were visiting Hong Kong during the Christmas period. One store that we went to multiple times on this trip is The Eslite Spectrum store in Star House 星光行, Tsim Sha Tsui. Its location just happened to be near the places that we were visiting and it is just a nice place to have a…
Libelle mit H&B, Buchantiquariat, Basel
Continuing with our posts on the bookstores we come across …, Libelle mit H&B is a high end, second hand bookstore (antique bookseller) in Basel, Switzerland. Click here to see their site. It has a perfect location – a block from the city’s main thoroughfare – and situated at just the bottom of the cobbled-stoned street that leads…