Indie bookshop BooksActually to close physical store, move entirely online | Books - Jakarta Post

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Independent bookshop BooksActually will be closing its Yong Siak Street store and moving entirely online by Olivia Ho, Arts Correspondent.

BooksActually shut its brick-and-mortar store during the circuit breaker period and has not reopened its doors since.
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The shop, which turns 15 this year, shut its brick-and-mortar store this year during the circuit breaker period and has not reopened its doors since. At midnight on Sunday, owner Kenny Leck announced that it would go fully online instead...

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Source: Jakarta Post