KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX: Author Larry McMurtry closing his North Texas bookstores

KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX: Author Larry McMurtry closing his North Texas bookstores: "ARCHER CITY, Texas Author Larry McMurtry put his one-stoplight hometown on the map with 'The Last Picture Show.'

But he drew people here with an eclectic shop filled with hard-to-find, out-of-print and used books.

But after 20 years, McMurtry is closing Booked Up Incorporated, saying he needs a break from a business that's been losing customers.

McMurtry, 68, told The Associated Press in an interview that the world the book shop was created for is gone. He says his customers are mostly older folks and that young people are more eclectic in their pursuit of literacy.

McMurtry announced the closing February First by posting a letter on the store's windows, saying he was not ready to stop buying and selling antiquarian books but needed a sabbatical."