Yesterday brought news of a potential new bookshop in the old HWS Shorewood location, to be managed by HWS-alum Lisa Zupke, who I really like .What are your thoughts? Talk of a "community" bookshop is always good, but wasn't HWS a community experience, by the admission of the folks wanting to open the new store?Why would they succeed where HWS failed?Is "new perspective" and a different funding model enough?Are "competitive" prices enough to make up for the coffee clatch that never bought…See More

Yesterday brought news of a potential new bookshop in the old HWS Shorewood location, to be managed by HWS-alum Lisa Zupke, who I really like .What are your thoughts? Talk of a "community" bookshop is always good, but wasn't HWS a community experience, by the admission of the folks wanting to open the new store?Why would they succeed where HWS failed?Is "new perspective" and a different funding model enough?Are "competitive" prices enough to make up for the coffee clatch that never bought…See More