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I know the kind of book shops you mean. Interestingly, the kind of people who used to own those stores now seem to be behind the counter at the "big box" bookstores. I go to a B&N often and there's one guy who seems to have read half the books they sell and tells me often about the very best of them. An old friend of mine from college who is an English teacher now works part-time at a Borders because, well, he needs the money and he loves books and reads constantly. It's just disturbing to see people like that being paid as sales clerks when they used to be bookshop owners. Something like finding a cabinetmaker working at Home Depot. A bit sad.
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