When malls were a thing, book stores didn't do well in them. When the Worcester Mall, the Galleria was new, for a couple of years there was a book store called Walden's. I worked downtown then and would go to Walden's every pay day. Then one day it was gone. The Worcester mall only lasted a decade and never even paid for itself. Such was the fate of a lot of malls in the US from that time forward. It's not a shopping experience I'll ever miss. Before Walmart came along there was a lot of similar retail but a notch classier, cheap stuff but you couldn't shop in those places in your pajamas. Didn't care for them either but I'll always miss Spag's. I'm an hour west of Worcester but used to make a day of it at Borders, Spag's and Trader Joe's. I haven't been out that way in while. Ordering stuff online is easy enough but just not the same kind of experience.