I’m no Luddite
This statistic warmed my heart on Saturday: “Australians bought 55 million books at a value of more than $1.1 billion, an increase on the previous year.” (Neilsen) Despite the advent of e-books, the arrival of Amazon and the 2011 closure of Angus and Robertson and Borders, Australia’s 600+ independent bookshops are “far from disappearing,” Helen