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From: sharon@uw-june (Sharon M. Tuttle)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Support Small Bookstores
Message-ID: <267@uw-june>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 21:05:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: uw-june.267
Posted: Wed Sep 25 21:05:28 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 04:47:49 EDT
Organization: U of Washington Computer Science
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(my apologies if my rough draft of this was posted; gotta beware of those
 control-deletes!) :-)

   I agree that small bookstores are important, and should be supported--
they are too nifty to allow to be killed off!--but I do take
exception to the generalization of chain bookstore personnel as being
uncaring and uninformed about books. I'm sure such jokers do exist, but
having worked in a couple of chains myself, I've only worked with fellow
book-lovers. No, no one is perfect, but we try to be familiar with what
we carry, and help folks to find what they want if we haven't got it.
That includes--gasp!--referring people to small bookstores, specialty
bookstores, used bookstores, etc. We'll even help someone to order a
book from the publisher. 
   In short, please do support the independents--but recognize that
the chains are not all bad, and those who work there may actually do
so because they enjoy it...

Sharon M. Tuttle, U. of Washington Computer Science
(how much is that k-nuth in the window? arf! arf! arf!)


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