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...Store, located next to Sage's Markets at Brattle and Church Streets, is the second Harvard Square shop to announce its closing this week. The managers of Cambridge Booksmith said their business has folded for financial reasons as well...
Down the block, Cambridge Booksmith (nee Paperback Booksmith), at 25 Brattle St., is the exact opposite of the Coop. Understated and decidedly unglitzy, the Booksmith looks more like a book warehouse. But don't be fooled--its unpretentious paperback offerings are inexpensive and throrough, and bear the mark of a well-read staff...
...browse through the Booksmith's centrally located table loaded with "paperback favorites" (Marquez, Kundera, Hurston et al) and the store's slightly hidden "New and Newsworthy" shelf boasts a great selection of current-events related books. The Booksmith does have some hard-covers (mostly bestsellers at up to 30 percent off), but its real strength lies in its unbeatable paperback selection...
...Massachusetts miracle means it's been difficult recently to get people to fill this kind of a job," says Ric Finnegan '65-'76, manager of Paperback Booksmith on Brattle St., which has recently had trouble finding part-time sales help...
Rick Finnegan, night manager at Paperback Booksmith on Brattle St., said, however, that the magazine "hasn't sold as we expected it to." Only 12 copies are gone from the store's shipment of 95, he said...