OCTOBER 27, 2022

Tag: Bookshops

WATCH: Book lovers form human chain to help shop move books to new location

The amazing human chain carried more than 2,000 books to the store’s new location just down the block.

When it comes to books, there are no goodbyes, only good buys

The advent of e-books or electronic books has prompted naysayers to predict the demise of its printed counterpart. Who wants to lug around heavy volumes when a digital version can be accessed through a smartphone or a tablet? And with the young generation’s shorter attention span, only pocket stories, flash and fan fiction on the web are bound to flourish, right?

Fire destroys Pilgrims Book House in Kathmandu

Sad news. What I did not know while writing last week’s column on favorite bookshops was that the extraordinary Pilgrims Book House in Kathmandu is no more.