>Can I suggest that outside of the big cities, the
>value of independent bookstores is vastly over-rated?
>Ten years ago, there were no chain bookstores here in
>central CT (and no independents of any value). Now I'm
>only ten minutes away from at least three bookstores
>chock full of Chomsky, served up by kids with nifty
>punk rock haircuts. How is this a bad thing?
The B&N that replaced indie Shakespeare & Co. on the Upper West Side of Manh (one of the inspirations for You've Got Mail) is a much better bookstore. Lots more stock, and the staff isn't made up of assholes.
Doug