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| | Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Small, but perfectly formed |
 | | According to Andrew O'Hagan, who was co-opted on to the LRB 's advisory committee, the lure of the shop will be not just the books, but the booksellers, 'the possibility of having a conversation with someone genuinely interested in publishing, new writing, philosophy, questions of history'. |
 | | She holds shares in the business, along with a number of private investors, who effectively underwrite the magazine, which despite rising sales (they cruised past the TLS in 1999), is run at a loss. |
 | | The LRB bookshop won't displace the big stores, but it will complement them, and should give new hope for smaller, independent booksellers, who can start to reclaim the ground that's been stolen from them. |
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