concept bookstores – Three Percent /College/translation/threepercent a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:36:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Concept Bookstores /College/translation/threepercent/2007/09/26/concept-bookstores/ /College/translation/threepercent/2007/09/26/concept-bookstores/#respond Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2007/09/26/concept-bookstores/ Dukou Bookstore in Shanghai sounds like a fun place to browse:

Most books here are about urban life, architecture and literature. Unlike most bookstores, books here are not categorized. Instead they are randomly shelved. According to Xiao, there is a bond between the reader and the book, and categorizing the books would jeopardize this relationship.

Some of the other “concept bookstores” featured in the article sound interesting as well. Although there’s nothing like random shelving to create a unique experience . . .

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