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Not so good in Australia- the last stores are due to close at the end of the week.
Interestingly I went to one used library book sale yesterday - packed with people buying armloads of books. These were mostly university students, young and just the demographic book publishers say don't read!!! And there is another sale on the weekend and I would imagine that (judging from previous sales) that you will have to fight your way to the tables. They have had to move the 6 monthly sale to a bigger venue!
The most common comment about the closure of the big booksellers was that "they only sold rubbish". I also heard other comments which pointed to a total lack of understanding about their product - philosophy books in the "Business" section?
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