Amazon.com?

[Chris Sweet]

Morgan N. Sandquist wrote:
> 
> >Morgan Sandquist's lament:
> >
> >>  Much as I hate to
> >>admit it, it's easier (and probably cheaper in the end) to just go to the
> >>local Barnes & Noble and buy your books the old-fashioned way.
> >>
> >>Morgan
> >>
> >
> >Au contraire, mon frere.
> >Strolling through North Oakland / South Berkeley last evening, I spotted
> >M&D in prominent window displays in every local bookstore I passed, no
> >matter how small or specialized (even the SF stores had it!).
> >
> >Support your local indie!
> 
> I'd love to support my local indie, but with the advent of Barnes & Noble
> there are no local indies left (at least not on the Upper West Side--in
> fact, with the closure of Books & Co., there are virtually no indies above
> 59th Street).
> 

I don't know about urban settings but in suburban settings indies tend
to
thrive when a B&N opens up. If I got a commission for every referal I
made
to an indie store because we didn't have a book in stock I'd be rich.
Same
with music sales in my store...I don't send people to Blockbuster or
Best
Buy but rather to one of the local indie stores.

-chris