Book Culture Walks Out of the Labyrinth

Last night, Chris Doeblin sent out an email announcing that the bookstore he co-founded on the outskirts of Columbia University in 1996 is changing its name from Labyrinth Books to Book Culture. This isn’t the end of Labyrinth, however—Doeblin is just breaking away from the rest of the company, which will maintain branches near Yale, and, if the plans still hold, Princeton. “Our commitment to being a great academic bookstore is still paramount to our mission,” Doeblin reassures friends of the original store. “I and all the staff here are extremely proud and happy to be 100% local and 100% independent.”

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