For book lovers in Singapore, it will soon be the end of an era. Singapore-based independent book publisher Epigram Books announced on Thursday (Sep 19) that it will be shutting down its only brick-and-mortar store, Epigram Coffee Bookshop on Jan 26, 2025.
Citing low foot traffic and sales for the closure, Epigram said in a statement that the decision came “after years of battling low visitor numbers and limited accessibility”.
Edmund Wee, a publisher at Epigram Books, added: “We tried everything to make this work…Over the past three years, we’ve often asked ourselves, how many people even knew our bookstore existed here, let alone visited?”
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