Another Bookstore in the Deadpool as TYPE Books on the Danforth Closes
On the same day the city's beloved Pages Books & Magazines closed, an indie in the east end made its last sale. Yesterday, fans of TYPE Books on the Danforth were greeted with papered windows and a sign on the front door announcing its 1+ year run in the neighbourhood had ended.
Sadly, it's not that surprising a development. While the first two TYPE stores on Queen West and Spadina seem to get a steady stream of visitors, the third branch on the Danforth was often empty. I last bought a book there on December 24th (usually a busy day for last minute shoppers) and I was the only one in the store for about 20 minutes.
The original TYPE on Queen still has many loyal customers, myself included. The store works because it offers a small but well curated selection. The one on the Danforth seemed about half the size - too small really. They often didn't carry some of the books I was looking for, or didn't carry a wide enough selection in most topic areas.
It probably didn't help that Re:Reading, a used bookstore, opened across the street earlier this year. Combined with the Book City in the Carrot Common three book sellers between Broadview and Pape was likely at least one too many.
Comments (8)
I'm sad to see them go but I found their hours to be inconvenient (for example, they were only open until 6:00 during the week). The Danforth still has a lot of foot traffic in the early evening and I never understood why Type didn't take advantage of it.
That's a good point, Suzette. The same can be said for most stores on the Danforth. There's a lot of foot traffic at night thanks to all the restaurants, and I've never understood why more stores don't stay open later.
I have bought numerous books at this location. I am sad to see it go. Their book selection was thought out and challenged the reader (buyer) to think outside of Oprah's book list. I wish people would buy more great books than cheap garbage from overseas and then we could keep stores like this and loose a couple of the many dollar stores that do nothing to beautify the neighbourhood.
Uh, ??, you just don't get it do you.
That's a big loss to the neighbourhood. Sorry to see Type go.
Someone needs to put a TYPE and an espresso bar together. That's "synergistical". I know it would spur me to buy way too many books just by bringing me into a book store so frequently, obviously thats why there are a starbucks in Indigos, etc.
Wow, you really don't get it. The internet is great for communications, research etc. but there will never be a replacement for books. Only someone who doesn't read in the first place, would make a comment like yours.
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