Volumes Bookcafe enlists authors, neighbors in fight for its life
In "You've Got Mail," the charming neighborhood bookstore is felled by the hulking, soulless chain store in a single, deadly swipe: Build across from little guy. Little guy folds.
For Volumes Bookcafe, the charming, Chicago-area Wicker Park bookstore struggling to stay alive, it's near-death by a thousand cuts:
The city inspectors who insisted on a $20,000 heating and cooling upgrade.
The countless, costly plumbing fixes.
The customers who browse the aisles, peruse the staff recommendations, run a price
