Book reviews are an endangered species. So this independent bookstore decided to start publishing its own.

Book reviews are an endangered species. So this independent bookstore decided to start publishing its own.

When The Washington Post’s management axed Book World in February, it wasn’t just one casualty among hundreds of layoffs; it was the latest high-profile death blow to a newspaper book review section in more than two decades of a thousand cuts. The AP stopped publishing book reviews last fall. Metro dailies like the San Francisco Chronicle whittled down or eliminated standalone book sections a quarter century ago, leaving The New York Times Book …