You make a good argument for the existence of indepdent literary spaces but I don't think the book store model is really the best way to achieve it. All the examples you point out are about bookstores pivoting to something else as a profit center; I personaly think Book bar is the way to go but generaly I think we need a new form of a literary space that doesn't revolve around having to buy books. Singlit station is the model of what could happen; but with spaces that are more open to public.
I think what should happen is a revival in traditional organised socities with initation dues that can rent spaces dedicated to literature. Recently I found a copy of the Tesseract which was a product of Singapore's now defunct Science ficition and fantasy association. Formal groups like that need a revival.
You make a good argument for the existence of indepdent literary spaces but I don't think the book store model is really the best way to achieve it. All the examples you point out are about bookstores pivoting to something else as a profit center; I personaly think Book bar is the way to go but generaly I think we need a new form of a literary space that doesn't revolve around having to buy books. Singlit station is the model of what could happen; but with spaces that are more open to public.
I think what should happen is a revival in traditional organised socities with initation dues that can rent spaces dedicated to literature. Recently I found a copy of the Tesseract which was a product of Singapore's now defunct Science ficition and fantasy association. Formal groups like that need a revival.