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Why small bookshops are opening again
Cafés, readings and staff who actually read. A new kind of bookshop in Lahore.
For years, we were told bookshops were finished. In Lahore, small ones are opening again.
They are different from the old ones: smaller, with a café corner, weekly readings and staff who recommend books by hand.
They do not compete on price. They compete on being a place you want to spend Saturday afternoon.
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