According to their website, McKay Books was founded in 1974. This was way back in the pre-computer, pre-Internet era. The owners had the vision that knowledge was empowering and people needed a place to go to purchase books that were reasonably priced and a way to sell them back when their owner no longer needed them. In Greensboro, the store is known as Edward McKay and it has diverged and reemerged with the parent company that has branches in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Greensboro, and Winston Salem.
The above photo features the Greensboro store, located at 1607 Battleground Avenue. As you can see, it is a busy place. If you haven't been in a while, you need to go see the recently remodeled store. Be prepared to be overwhelmed. In addition to books, they have DVDs, games, game figures, action figures, albums, and so much more. It is heartwarming to know that a place based on reading and knowledge is staying so busy. Empire Books on Spring Garden Street has recently closed. It is nice that Barnes & Noble, Scuppernong Books, and Edward McKay are still here for our reading pleasure. What are you reading at the moment?
We used to have several such places, but now I can find only one. Too bad, because they are wonderful venues to find older books especially which the bigger chain bookstores no longer carry.
Posted by: Lowell | Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at 10:34 AM
It sounds not that different from a number of shops we have here called The Book Market.
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at 01:11 PM