Long time Palo Alto residents will remember when there were at least five secondhand bookstores in town. Soon, we'll be down to one. Know Knew Books on California Ave. is closing, it seems after 23 years.
Like the many art-house cinemas this university town used to support, our local bookshops have been done in by innovations nurtured in their own back yard. Maybe a store selling Kindles would be an appropriate replacement. Or another Apple Store. We still don't have the menswear store of my dreams, I'd like to note. But please, no more yoghurt!