FacebookTwitterEmail Halide Altikardes (right) plays with her granddaughter, Nil Oguz, at Dead Tree Books while Altikardes' son was shopping for books on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Dead Tree Books is the only bookstore on San Antonio's South Side and recently had put out an online plea for help to keep the business alive. Since then owners Lisa and Kenny Johnson have seen an uptick in walk-in traffic and online orders. The Johnson's started the bookstore in 2016 but the business has struggled to get customers. With the recent social media plea, people have come from all parts of town to patronize the bookstore and, for now, have staved off closure. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)Kin Man Hui/Staff photographer