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From: trewitt@Cascade.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Support Small Bookstores
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Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 22:07:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 27 22:07:18 1985
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I was in Crown Books last week and asked if they had a copy of
"Books in Print".  No, they didn't -- they aren't allowed to buy
such things.  More precisely, Crown won't reimburse the franchise
(I assume it's a franchise) for the expense of "Books in Print",
so they don't have a copy.

So, if all you value is the price of a book, go to a chain.  I
put the books that I had selected back on the shelf and went to
Printer's Inc., a pleasant, funky, well-stocked private bookstore,
where they know something about books.  I also paid full price.
You can also get coffee and cake there.

	- Glenn Trewitt

Stanford University
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