After the recent closures, it has just one: the town's only general bookshop.
Gerrards Cross Bookshop 12a Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7QE, 01753 885429 A small general bookshop that punches above its weight when it comes to putting on events.
"A great general bookshop, and they specialise in Scottish non-fiction, Scottish fiction and natural history titles," says Rebecca. "There is also a selection of original artwork and crafts for sale, as well as a lovely café".
Instead, it's a behemoth with more than 30 imprints and the fact remains that most general readers neither know nor care who publishes their favourite authors: they go to a general bookshop, online or off, to purchase them.
In 1937, at age 19, Mr. Hacker opened the Abbey Bookshop, a general bookstore on East Ninth Street.
The Booksmith in San Francisco, a general-interest bookshop with a special depth in countercultural and music fare -- befitting its Haight location -- has made events a cornerstone of its business.
There are no biographies -- official or not -- in bookshops here, and the general is never known to have given an interview to a journalist, local or foreign.
Children's bookshops have bucked the general downward trend, with no closures and two new stores opening in 2012, according to the BA.
Informant B15, a general manager at a nation-wide bookshop, asked the applicants to introduce themselves and read the materials her company published to obtain a rough idea of their English proficiency.
Anne Holman, the general manager of The King's English Bookshop, an independent store in Salt Lake City, said an industrywide discussion began a few years ago about whether to charge for events.
