On the same day the city's belovedPages Books & Magazines closed, an indie in the east end made its last sale. Yesterday, fans of TYPE Books onthe Danforthwere greeted with papered windows and a sign on the front door announcing its 1+ year run in the neighbourhood had ended.

Sadly, it's not that surprising a development. While the first two TYPE stores on Queen West and Spadina seem to get a steady stream of visitors, the third branch on the Danforth was often empty. I last bought a book there on December 24th (usually a busy day for last minute shoppers) and I was the only one in the store for about 20 minutes.

The originalTYPE on Queenstill has many loyal customers, myself included. The store works because it offers a small but well curated selection. The one on the Danforth seemed about half the size - too small really. They often didn't carry some of the books I was looking for, or didn't carry a wide enough selection in most topic areas.

It probably didn't help thatRe:Reading, a used bookstore, opened across the street earlier this year. Combined with theBook Cityin theCarrot Commonthree book sellers between Broadview and Pape was likely at least one too many.