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Suddenly book browsing has become a hazardous pastime. Durham\u2019s libraries and bookstores have closed their doors, so book lovers have no place to wander through the stacks or pluck an interesting-looking tome off a shelf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Regulator Bookshop, Letters Bookshop and Golden Fig Books have closed their doors. The libraries are open for takeout only. These are challenging times if you want to read the first page of a novel before you buy or check it out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Regulator\u2019s website<\/a> explains the hesitation: \u201cRather than setting any date and possibly raising false expectations we will withhold any announcement until we have a firm date.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same for the other stores, which haven\u2019t set a date to reopen. Until they do, the book browsing experience will, like so many things we have come to know, be done through a screen. For now, the smell of freshly printed pages and the satisfying sensation of flipping through a paperback won\u2019t occur until the box arrives by UPS \u2013 or you pick it up curbside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Golden Fig owner David Bradley, says they\u2019ve been \u201coverwhelmed by the outpouring of support we\u2019ve seen from the community\u201d as they ship books throughout Durham and operate a curbside pick-up service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Durham libraries closed their indoor spaces to the public in response to county stay-at-home ordinance, but residents now have two ways to get new books. They can get ebooks through a newly expanded online program, or actual books through a new pick-up service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week the libraries launched a “Take-Out!” book station at every location, a curbside pick-up service much like a restaurant. Book lovers can just order ahead and swing by when the books are ready.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This virtual inventory has been well received by parents adapting to home schooling, with an increase in kids ebooks and e-audio of 88% from February to March and 55% from March to April .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For physical materials that had been in limbo since the stay-at-home order, the library system opened up an automatic book return system June 1 outside the newly renovated Main Library at 300 N. Roxboro Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bradley said that, as the national conversation has shifted, so has the demand for new books.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018<\/span>The New Jim Crow<\/span><\/a>\u2019, \u2018<\/span>How to Be an Antiracist<\/span><\/a>\u2019, \u2018<\/span>Me and White Supremacy<\/span><\/a>\u2019, and \u2018<\/span>White Fragility<\/span><\/a>\u2019 are so popular they\u2019re now on backorder with publishers,\u00a0 Bradley said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise, Stephanie Bonestell, a spokeswoman for the Durham County libraries, said they also have seen a similar increase in interest with titles related to Black Lives Matter, civil rights, and racism in America.<\/span><\/p>\n

The interest in books by Black authors has prompted important discussions in Durham.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been our story,\u201d said Victoria Scott-Miller, the owner of Liberation Station, a Durham based \u201cPop-Up\u201d bookstore. Their website says their mission is centered on \u201cmaking representation accessible and amplifying Black voices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As conversation around systemic racism continues throughout the city, many are asking Scott-Miller and her staff how to educate themselves on the Black experience. Liberation Station has updated its website with resources, but Scott-Miller said this is still a time of grieving for many in the Black community.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a moment for you to learn, for you to gather, for you to do the research and understand the impact,\u201d Scott-Miller says to like-minded community members. She says that provides them time \u201cso we can have the conversation but we\u2019re not having to show up both grieving and teaching at the same time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the pandemic, the store has transitioned from hosting pop-up events (which were like a new take on the Scholastic book fairs) to an almost entirely virtual platform that even includes online storytimes. Still, Scott-Miller and her husband, who co-own the business, insist on hand delivering all orders within the city (they wear a mask and gloves).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Victoria Scott-Miller, owner of the Liberation Station Bookstore, carries a full load of books to deliver in Durham. Photo by Henry Haggart | The 9th Street Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The couple feels that the personal delivery is a way to connect with customers and provide a special experience.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of children of color that are seeing themselves in these books for the first time,\u201d she said, \u201cwe want them to know that they are of value.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Their packages are wrapped in chalkboard paper, tied in red twine, and accented with a green notecard \u2014 and a handwritten note.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo above: Letters Bookshop in downtown Durham remains closed to the public, but the owners have online ordering. Photo by Henry Haggart, The 9th Street Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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