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Bookstore Boneyard

Does this guy just scream “Philadelphia”, or what? It’s 1994 all over again. Borders – born as a used bookstore in Michigan 40 years ago and long seen as the less idiotic of the large chains – filed its long-expected … Continue reading

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Time, Eminent Domain, Marches on and Into Lofts.

In an essay immortalizing Acres Of Books entitled “I Sing The Bookstore Eclectic” posted on their website, novelist Ray Bradbury describes the book store as “a labyrinth, a tomb, a catacomb, a maze. . . . In its dusty roundabout … Continue reading

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