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Troubled times: Sydney store with million-plus second-hand books
Natalie Gould stocks the shelves with second-hand books at her family-owned shop Goulds Book Arcade in Sydneys inner city suburb of Newtown September 14, 2016. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

SYDNEY, Sept 16 — Natalie Gould inherited Gould's Book Arcade, established in 1967 as Australia's largest seller of out of print and rare books, from her father Bob Gould who died in 2011.

Bob Gould was a leader of Australia's anti-conscription movement during the Vietnam war.

Natalie says she struggles to keep the family business alive in the digital age where consumers now search online for titles rather than browse a physical location.

Despite having over one million books on the premises, Natalie claims that high rents may mean the shop's days are numbered. — Reuters

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