McGills Bookstore is set to close its doors after some 149 years in the business. The lease on the Elizabeth Street store is running out and negotiations over a new contract have broken down.
McGills was a funny sort of place; not overly big on the standard range of novels, but specialised in newspapers and magazines from round the world combined with a large non-fiction section upstairs. "The Age" newspaper is reporting that the presence of a large Angus & Robetson bookstore practically next door might have had some influence. That and the fact that a lot of overseas newspapers now have a web presence so sales of the print editions have now fallen sharply.
It will be missed.
