{"id":7946,"date":"2012-05-01T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T14:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=7946"},"modified":"2012-05-01T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T14:45:23","slug":"nh-bookstore-flips-the-script-on-struggling-indie-bookseller-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/05\/01\/nh-bookstore-flips-the-script-on-struggling-indie-bookseller-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"NH Bookstore Flips The Script On Struggling Indie Bookseller Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Horia Varlan \/ Flickr<\/p>

Tied into the story of downtown development are some interesting narrative nuggets about an indie bookstore<\/p><\/div>\n

The fact that developer Steve Duprey has another project in the works isn’t terribly surprising.\u00a0 What is <\/em>rather intriguing about his latest venture–a 70,000 square foot, five floor edifice on South Main Street in Concord–is one of the slated tenants: A much-expanded Gibson’s Bookstore<\/a>.\u00a0 Ben Leubsdorf of the Concord Monitor<\/em> writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Duprey said he’s particularly excited to have Gibson’s Bookstore in his new building, a move he said would restore the community meeting place that was lost last year when Borders went bankrupt. The former Borders on Fort Eddy Road is now a Books-A-Million.<\/p>\n

Bookstore owner Michael Herrmann’s expansion, Duprey said, is ‘a huge commitment to replacing what was lost when Borders was closed. It is a remarkable commitment to the downtown, instead of a mall. And for an independent bookseller to do that, it’s just a great move for this community. It will help anchor downtown.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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