In the world of independent bookstores, “‘No more stores are closing today than five years ago,” says Oren Teicher, head of the American Booksellers Association. ”It’s just that there are fewer opening, so the number keeps going down. We lose 350 to 400 members a year. If we get 100 new stores opening, we’re doing well.” But Boston may be an exception to the rule, says David Mehegan in a Boston Globe article. Mehegan notes that while the city has lost some beloved bookstores in the last year—including the famous WordsWorth Books in Harvard Square — it is gaining three more this year. One is Porter Square Books, run by six partners who worked together at the Concord Bookshop. After a falling out with the ownership there, they decided to go in on the Porter Square store because “they just couldn’t bear to leave bookselling,” says Mehegan.