Bookstores
The Paperback Bookshop
60 Bourke St
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
I really like the good old bookshop, but it is a shame that many of them are slowly disappearing from our streets. As such I decided to pay another visit to this place before it disappeared into the bookshop graveyard along with the rest. As the name says, this shop sells only paperback books, and they do have a huge collection. The problem is that you are not likely to find any really rare titles, though their offerings to regularly change. The thing with me and bookshops though is that if I spend too long in a place I end up buying more books that I could possibly read as was the case when I stepped in here. Still worth a browse though. I should also mention that this isn't a second-hand bookshop so you will tend to pay new book prices here, and while it may be a little more expensive, it still carries that old bookstore charm that I really like.