Where Do You Shop for Books?
Fri, 04/04/2008 - 07:52 — birdie
Inspired by the realization that she "hadn't patronized a single local, independently owned bookstore" despite owning hundreds of books, Rachael Daigle wrote an article for Boise Weekly detailing her book-buying transgressions, while simultaneously offering an in-depth look at the history and current state of indie bookshops in the Idaho city.
She points out a stunning statistic provided by the American Booksellers Assocation: Only 45 percent of books are sold in traditional bookstores, the remaining majority are put into consumers' hands at coffeeshops, hardware stores, supermarkets and over the Internet.
Do you have a favorite indie bookstore in your city? Tell us about it and then go look for books there!
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Bookstores!
It's just my luck to live in the same city as the wondrous Powell's City of Books (http://www.powells.com/). Personally, I think it is Nirvana in a city block, and always the first place I go when shopping for books.
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