Support Your Local Bookstore!

I made it pretty clear when I took this blog weekly that I love bookstores, especially those who sell used books, or make an attempt to keep up with the backlists. ("Backlist" refers to books still available, but not recently released. According to the New York Times in 1990, it is the "financial backbone of the book industry." This doesn't seem to be a widely-accepted belief any longer, as most of what you'll find on the shelves of a typical bookstore are the late...