Jewish Books and Booksellers
Henry Hollander gave a talk on “Prospects for Jewish Libraries and Jewish Bookstores” to the Association of Jewish Libraries conference. It is worth a read for those concerned about Jewish books and bookstores. A snippet.
Between now and the time e-reading is taken for granted things will remain difficult. Some types of books will survive and thrive in general. Some will survive only because they have a specialized audience. If we succeed in making our value understood we will survive through the crisis and come out the other side valued and acknowledges as the important resources we are to our communities.