A story from Crosscut about a Seattle book store that sells only poetry. It is one of only two poetry only bookstores in the USA (The other is in Cambridge, Mass.). The two owners keep costs down by employing only themselves and not computerizing, all sales and inventory are kept track of in a spiral ledger.
And on the subject of poetry Toronto’s Eye Weekly looks at their poetry contest winners.
This photo originally ran as part of a photo feature in the Victoria News. Russell Books is well known in Victoria, BC, both for the service and the selection. The 
store is the largest used and remaindered book shop in Canada. Aliyah, the young daughter of managers Andrea and Jordan Minter spends lots of time in the store with her parents. On this day she spotted the stool and made a beeline for it. Her mother removed her before she actually climbed up on the steps.