Another local independent bookstore is closing its doors. Kathleen Caldwell, owner of Montclair Village’s beloved A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, will close the shop in June.
Making the decision was heartbreaking for Caldwell, who says, “When you’re putting more into the store than you’re taking out — you know, we can put a Band-Aid on it again, but it’s been a really hard six years.”
Caldwell, who inherited the store two decades ago from her friend Debi Echlin, said shoppers got used to mail-ordering books and did not return to in-person shopping after the pandemic, as she’d hoped…