News: Bay Area Indie Bookstores Beat the Odds

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original article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/14/BALP15AD5O.DTL&type=business

Bay Area indie bookstores beat the odds
C.W. Nevius, Chronicle Columnist

(01-14) 19:28 PST -- As everyone knows, independent bookstores are dead. Or at least dying. Next to opening an indie video rental store, it is hard to imagine a

Comments

[roumagrl]

I am a huge huge fan of Bookbuyers myself. I walk there often. :)

[saru_kage]

That's really cool. I'm glad someone is coming up with an effective business model for indie bookstores; I hope it catches on. They're not something I really ever want to see disappear, and if there is any one thing the US economy desperately needs right now it's more independent businesses.