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In general, I like to support local businesses - we shop a lot at a couple of small, local grocery stores, for example. We get our pizza from a local store rather than a big franchise. but I rarely shop at b&m bookstores anymore. Why? because they don't carry the books I want to read. Because they don't have backlist titles. Because they mostly carry best sellers, and not the mid-list authors I like to read. Because their customer support is virtually non-existent. Why should I patronize a store that doesn't carry the things I want, just because they're local?
There's a romance to the small indy book stores that I'm not sure is totally justified.
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