An Honest Trade

Booksellers and Bookselling in Scotland

Edited by Alistair McCleery, David Finkelstein and Jennie Renton

In the 1970s and 80s Scotland had two of the oldest and best respected bookshops in the world - John Smiths of Glasgow and James Thins of Edinburgh - as well as many other smaller shops. Both companies had a number of branches and held a wide range of stock in many different subjects. By 2002 both these companies had gone, the victims of a totally changed market for books and the advent of cut-price opposition from large chains and supermarkets. This book looks at the changes that prompted their demise and brought about the current situation.

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