The Ostia Mondadori Bookstore is renewed with modern spaces and an area dedicated to young readers

The Mondadori Bookstore in Ostia (Rome) presents itself to the public with a completely renewed look, an initiative born from the desire to evolve the bookshop together with its readers, adapting its spaces and range to the needs of the local area, with particular attention paid to new generations.

The bookshop

The bookshop covers an area of 220 sq m and offers a catalogue of over 30.000 titles, from great classics to bestsellers, including fiction, non-fiction, miscellaneous books and illustrated books, as well as a wide range for children and young people.

The Ostia Mondadori Bookstore is thus aiming to strengthen its role as an active cultural hub through a rich calendar of presentations, meetings with authors, workshops for children, and collaborations with local schools and associations.

The range

The Ostia Mondadori bookshop is being renewed to offer an even more tailored reading experience. Visitors to the bookshop have the opportunity to discover We are Junior, the space for younger readers, which includes educational games and illustrated books to stimulate their imagination with the most curious stories; Just Comics, the department dedicated to the manga and comics phenomenon; and My New Romance, the area for those who love the romance universe, one of the most popular literary genres at the moment; as well as a wide selection of stationery products, toys, gadgets and gift cards.

Online channels

The Ostia Mondadori Bookstore is thus also at the service of readers online: customers can keep up to date through the Instagram and Facebook pages. They can also contact the bookshop through the digital services of Mondadoristore.it to check whether a book is available. The shop also provides all customers with telephone ordering services. The services will also include Zeercle, which allows people to sell their own books, as well as CDs, vinyl records, physical video games, DVDs and Blu-rays, receiving in exchange a gift card corresponding to the value assigned to the products, to be used in the bookshops and on the Mondadori website.

The comment

"This bookshop has been part of Ostia's history for over thirty years and, over time, has managed to change several times together with its readers. We decided to renew it because we strongly believe in the physical shop, but also in the need for it to evolve," says Alessandro Ascione, Mondadori Store affiliate, who has also been managing the Mondadori Bookstore on Via Tiburtina in Rome for years. "We want the bookshop, as well as being a place to buy books, to be a space to spend time in, where people can meet, discover new reading material and, above all, bring the younger generations closer to the pleasure of reading. This new look was born precisely from the desire to look ahead without losing the strong bond we have built with the local area".

This article was translated from the original Italian version with the assistance of artificial intelligence. In case of discrepancies, please refer to the original Italian version.