American fashion designer Marc Jacobs shows no sign of slowing down. A fragrance and accessories empire, a ready-to-wear collection, now a chain of retail book stores, appropriately named Bookmarc.

The first Bookmarc boutique opened two years ago on New York’s trendy Bleecher Street. During an era of e-books on iPads and Kindles, his store saw a profit in the first six months. Jacob’s business partner, Robert Duffy, wasn’t surprised. As he told WWD magazine: ‘when you’re looking at photos, art or fashion, you need a book. I need it in front of me, I need to touch it and I think a lot of people are like that’. After the success of his New York store, Bookmarc opened on London’s Audley Street, followed by another on Place du Marché Saint-Honoré in Paris. Among shelves generously stocked with poetry, fiction, memoirs and cookbooks are also iPad covers, digital accessories areas, stationary and rare, limited-edition books that are particular to each city.

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Fashion design honcho Marc Jacobs’ has again dabbled along the skating path, unleashing a new Hands skateboard deck. The obverse side features a vibrant all-over cut-and-paste collage, while the upper offers a tapeless wood finish with signature Jacobs by Marc Jacobs stamp. This man seriously has the Midas touch; although I hope he doesn’t share his ending.

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Marc Jacobs is giving it back by teaming it up with Creative Growth, who are the world’s oldest and largest art studio for adults with disabilities. In the Special Items section of his site, you can buy bags, wallets, trinkets, and help a fantastic cause.

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Ten years of German photographer Jürgen Teller’s candid, glamorous photo campaigns for Marc Jacobs’ men’s and women’s collections have been collated into one cohesive 576-page fashion bible. This book does an excellent job of detailing just how significant this collaboration has been for fashion, featuring appearances from the likes of Sofia Coppola, Charlotte Rampling, Meg White, Thurston Moore, Rufus Wainwright, William Eggleston, and Winona Ryder.

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