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TBR (To Be Read): Are bookshops doomed in Singapore?
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Books Kinokuniya in Ngee Ann City. The flagship store will have its size reduced after rental negotiations.
PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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SINGAPORE – When news broke recently about Books Kinokuniya’s Takashimaya flagship downsizing
Bookshops are under threat all around the world. Even in Japan, I was depressed to discover recently that the marvellous Tsutaya bookstore overlooking Tokyo’s famous Shibuya Scramble Crossing had become a co-working space.
