Secondhand Books News Today

Lichen designer Christine Espinal filled her first trip with visits to dimly lit vinyl bars and a mall known for its wealth of anime and manga-related collectors’ items.

Tucked away in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books, quietly and gently awaiting Takako’s awareness of them...

"If books get damaged in the rain, no one wants to buy them, which means we have to incur severe losses. A few days ago, books worth 4,000 Taka got damaged from my stock and I was unable to sell those books. For someone like me, 4,000 taka is a very substantial amount.” 

KUALA LUMPUR: For employees of secondhand online bookstore Books and Bobs, unboxing a box of newly-arrived old books is like opening a treasure chest.