Support your indie bookstore! (Salon)
If you’re like most readers, chances are the last time you discovered a great
book by a new author it was because a friend recommended it. Maybe you read
that book on an e-reader, or you picked up a used copy online or downloaded
the audiobook. Maybe that’s how your friend read it as well. If so, chances
are that neither of you realizes the key role independent bookstores played in
helping that new favorite find its way to you.
An independent bookstore brings a lot to a city or a town: a showroom for the
latest literary releases, an auditorium where authors share their work and
meet their fans, a bookish environment in which to sip coffee and a fun place
to browse in the 20 minutes before the movie starts. But what’s less
immediately visible is your local bookseller’s expertise and influence when it
comes to introducing great books to your community and, ultimately, to the
world.
Name the last book you really loved — be it “The Help,” The Hunger Games,”
“Like Water for Elephants” or “Game of Thrones.” The authors of all those
popular titles and many, many more can testify …
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Hunger [DVD] [2008] £2.79 United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Featurette, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: The film stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) (Bobby Sands was not a member of the IRA he was… |
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Barton Hollow £7.34 … |
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Mockingjay (part III of The Hunger Games Trilogy) £0.95 Brand New Item, Fast Dispatch… |
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Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book 2) £1.03 Brand New Item, Fast Dispatch… |
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The Hunger Games £23.44 … |
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The Hunger Games (Unabridged) $14.19 Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don’t live to see the morning?…. |
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Jewtopia: The Chosen Audiobook for the Chosen People $19.98 From the creators of the smash hit play comes the ultimate audiobook of Jewish humor…. |
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Audiobook Blunders (Unabridged) $10.29 Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes during an audiobook recording session? Find out…. |
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming For Dummies Audiobook $6.89 This audiobook stands alone as an introduction to a long-established branch of personal development psychology…. |