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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zinnie, post: 444062, member: 9303&quot;]We have one in the area and the parking lot is always full.&nbsp; Right now, everything is 20% off.&nbsp; However I heard yesterday from a smaller one-owner used book store that they were closing this next year, after about 20 years in business.&nbsp; They cited online access as the biggest cause but they only had street parking on a busy corner also.&nbsp; It was a very worthy used book store though along with really nice toys for kids, so it was pleasant shopping.&nbsp; And also easy to spend far more than I intended but it appears that&#039;s not just my problem [USER=9259]@JayBee[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> (thank goodness!).&nbsp; So that was sad to see but the owner wasn&#039;t too hampered, has another smaller store in a much smaller town, and has started a blog for readers: <a href="http://jamesbooks.net/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jamesbooks.net/" rel="nofollow">http://jamesbooks.net/</a> if that&#039;s okay to add here.&nbsp; Let me know if not.&nbsp; Yes, I will spend $50 on a book, esp good art books, but never for one article of clothing.&nbsp; Books take us to places beyond our known reality.&nbsp; How is that possible?&nbsp; The written language is more powerful than anything else imo - why it was denied to the masses for hundreds of centuries while controlfreaks dictated who we should be.&nbsp; No stopping us now, thanks to our insatiable and irrepressible curiosity, which they never seem to take into account (as though or what??).&nbsp; Lighted screens are just another form of access but actual books you can own and treasure, somehow dive deeper into the words, so I prefer them, yes. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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