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I am lucky I suppose. In Canada of course we have "Chapters" ie northern B&N. Certainly when they opened there were a few small independants that shut down, but their were a few that toughed it out and thrived. So I still by hard cover and paperback on a regular basis. Sure I could go to Chapters or Costco but I make the choice to support a local merchant.
As an added benefit they bring in authors for lecture series. I have met Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Charles deLint, Robert Jordan, the list goes on and on.
I don't see Amazon hosting authors in my home town any time soon.
So for now I buy my books the old fashioned way and hope that the small independants will find a way to deal with the digital age. perhaps selling ebooks from an instore system or having a web vendor set up. (You listening Bolens? Munros? stay in business dang it)
Lux
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