A new business model for book shops is doing well in Tokyo, where the old one is dying out.

I rent the shop space and keep the shop. Then I sub-let shelf space in 40-centimetre chunks for €30-60 per month to self published authors, small publishers, associations, celebrities. And I pocket 5% of their sales.

#books #retail #japan

https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2026/02/06/chiner-dans-les-librairies-collectives-de-tokyo_6665617_3260.html

A new business model for book shops is doing well in Tokyo, where the old one is dying out.

I rent the shop space and keep the shop. Then I sub-let shelf space in 40-centimetre chunks for €30-60 per month to self published authors, small publishers, associations, celebrities. And I pocket 5% of their sales.

#books #retail #japan

https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2026/02/06/chiner-dans-les-librairies-collectives-de-tokyo_6665617_3260.html