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Do You Read Me?: Bookstores Aroundthe World | Gestalten, Marianne Julia Strauss
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Lose yourself in the pages of this showcase of some of the most beautiful, innovative, and successful bookshops around the world. Bookshops are powerful places with the -freedom to deep-dive into their niche, 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.
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From a one room shop that stocks multiple titles of one book that changes weekly to a converted cathedral, Do You Read Me is a gorgeous coffee table book of bookstores around the world. Interspersed throughout the book are small essays by bookstore owners etc on bookstores. I might not have the funds to visit all of these places, & honestly you couldn't pay me enough to get on a plane right now, but it was a real treat to visit them through the👇

vivastory pages of this book. (The bookstore pictured in the middle bottom row is Wuguan Books in Taiwan. Each of the titles is lit by a lamp, allowing for browsing in darkness.) 2y
BennettBookworm Wow that looks so enticing! 2y
vivastory @BennettBookworm I was able to find a copy from the library, but I'm a bit tempted to buy one for my personal library. I really enjoyed it 2y
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Bookwomble Looks tasty! 😋 📖 2y
BennettBookworm ☺️totally! 2y
Centique You are the go to for beautiful books about books this year! I want to get this one, the B side one and Long Players 😍 2y
vivastory @Centique I would be lost without my library. I checked all of these out, but will be buying a copy of this one & Long Players for my personal library 2y
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Googles plane tickets to Prague

Amiable I have tickets to visit Prague in 2022 if travel restrictions don‘t shut things down again! Fingers crossed. 🤞🏼 I‘m going to mark this store in my plans. 2y
vivastory @Amiable That's awesome! Prague is very high on my list of places to visit. Enjoy 🙂 2y
LeahBergen 😮😮 2y
Centique OMG perfection! 2y
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Do You Read Me?: Bookstores Aroundthe World | Gestalten, Marianne Julia Strauss
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Enjoying the tagged book. This is a picture of Desperate Literature in Madrid. The store name is from Bolaño's Savage Detectives.

Chrissyreadit It looks like a perfect place to be. 2y
vivastory @Chrissyreadit Agreed! This is such a delightful book. 2y
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