Denver's Tattered Cover Bookstore, where I worked as the bookkeeper for 4 1/2 years, has been purchased this week by a local investment group, which promises to invest money into the operation to keep the four store - soon to be five - bookstore chain around for a long time. This is a very good thing, since the operation has been significantly underfunded since the chain was purchased five years ago from original owner Joyce Meskis by married couple Len Vlahos and Kristin Gilligan. Independent bookstores are struggling these days against major competition from the internet, and must have the resources to survive downturns in business, such as the one the current coronavirus has caused. It is good to see that the stores will be turned over to owners with deep pockets, even if they are much more corporate than the traditionally laid back Tattered Cover has been used to up until now. After all, the first day I started working there, I wore a tie, and was told that it was not only not necessary, but was making the rest of the staff very nervous. The above photograph, by the way, was taken at the sales desk of the Tattered Cover's Lower Downtown (LoDo) store, which will close this March and be replaced by a new store at McGregor Square, across from Denver's Coor's Field. Good luck guys!
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