Authors Judy Moresi and Mark Tiedemann chat with cruisegoers during a signing at the Book House in St. Louis, Mo.
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Subterranean Books on the Delmar Loop appeals to a younger, literary crowd with a hip, well-curated selection.
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Many bookstores have cats, but Henry is the official "bookstore dog" of Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves, well-known for its selection of children's books.
In Missouri, like everywhere else, hundreds of under-the-radar bookstores struggle to stay above water in an age of Amazon and E-readers. Earlier this year a group of independent bookstores in St. Louis forgot about looking at each other as competitors and banded together. Their goal is to promote each other while keeping an eye on threats to the bookstore industry.