Shakespeare & Co. Makes Debut in Philadelphia

Shakespeare & Co., which has operated stores in New York City since 1981, has opened its first store outside the area, in Philadelphia, Pa., BillyPenn reported. The store is in the historic Rittenhouse Square shopping area.

The 2,800-square-foot space--with a ground floor and mezzanine--offers 15,000 titles and has a café and an Espresso Book Machine. (Dane Neller, CEO of Shakespeare & Co., is a founder of On Demand Books, which makes Espresso Book Machines. Neller bought Shakespeare & Co. in 2015.)

The bookseller announced earlier this year that it would open stores in Philadelphia and, later this year, on New York City's Upper West Side and in Greenwich Village. The company described the moves as "the initial phase of a larger planned expansion."

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