Jasmine Kwong and Megan Doherty "have spent much of their time over the past five years trying to capture the meaning of a bookstore," the Chicago Tribune reported in a piece headlined "More than shelves of books: Project memorializes Seminary Co-op Bookstore."
As the project directors of If You Weren't Looking for It: The Seminary Co-op Bookstore wrote in the book's foreword: "We set out to document the Co-op... to create as complete a visual record of it as possible." The bookshop recently hosted a launch party for the work.
"They took many photos, talked with employees and customers and before they knew it they had a book that they deem a 'gathering of priceless observations of how a bookstore can become a sanctuary, a community. Home,' " the Tribune noted, adding that "it's a wonderful and, in its quiet way, an important book."