Ottakar's
Ah, it's a shame for poor old Ottakar's. Stuck in the corner of Buchanan Galleries, it's outshone by its big brother booksellers, such as Waterstone's and Borders. If Ottakar's had gone to school it would have been picked last for the sports teams. Its school report would have read, 'average stock of books, average café, must try harder'. Everybody's favourite underdog, everybody's plan B. But as they say, it's always the quiet ones, and hidden away you can find the odd unusual edition that wasn't given shelf space in the larger bookstores.

