Think back to the last time you entered a bookshop. What appealed to you? What did you like and dislike?
When you’re still outside there might be a window display. Books arranged carefully and neatly proclaim best sellers, local writers, or ones the proprietors have simply quite enjoyed. It’s wonderful to…
…peruse, even if only for a few minutes. Perhaps that’s what entices you to step inside in the first place. Then there’s the display tables that greet you once you pass through the door – a less selective version of the window display. More titles and more variety to look at.
Up you lift your head and scan to both sides and this is where you see the shelves stacked with books, spines out and titles and authors on display. Each shelf or section will ideally have it’s own genre, from thrillers and crime novels to cooking and philosophy. This makes it easier to bee-line straight to the genre you enjoy most and slide a book from the shelf. Imagine that new book smell when you open it.
Yet not every bookshop has a layout exactly like this. But they all have their own character when you step into them. Each one a little different. And isn’t that why we like them?
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