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AprilHare · 03-03-2011, 06:19 PM

Interesting: 38 bookshops to close, 37 of which are A&R stores, 1 a Borders store:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/38-bo...303-1bg6e.html
I'm familiar with some of the NSW suburbs with stores set to close and it disturbs me that these are some of the suburbs that need people reading books, desperately.
- Especially Mount Druitt, which is a disadvantaged area in the Greater West of Sydney.

03-03-2011, 06:19 PM	#67
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Interesting: 38 bookshops to close, 37 of which are A&R stores, 1 a Borders store: http://www.smh.com.au/business/38-bo...303-1bg6e.html I'm familiar with some of the NSW suburbs with stores set to close and it disturbs me that these are some of the suburbs that need people reading books, desperately. - Especially Mount Druitt, which is a disadvantaged area in the Greater West of Sydney.