Physical sales of books and music have declined for many years but while some outlets are closing, others are still trying to buck the trend.
It’s lined wall-to-wall with collections of books and music CDs. Thousands of them, most sorted out alphabetically, chronologically, by genre and in some cases, all three.
Having spent the better part of my life building up these collections – which I view as gateways to worlds of knowledge and imagination – I am at loathe to think of ever giving them up. When I was growing up, my mother’s rule was “I will always buy you books if you want them, but toys – only once in a while”.
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