Blatant plug here –
or advertisement, which I rarely do.
This Saturday (April
30) is Independent Book Store Saturday.
Rather than going
out to some Wall Street owned and controlled book store, find the
store in your local neighborhood – be it new or used – and spend
some time (and hopefully money) there.
A friend of mine has
hijacked me to go check out two in the neighborhood where I will be
relocating to, so I will not be making the Buffalo circuit this year
– Talking Leaves, Rust Belt Books, the comic shop on Main Street
near UB whose name is slipping my mind as I type this up off-line,
Burning Books, and the plethora of others that exist in the Buffalo
area. I will have to get to them on another date.
The one shop
(Burlingham Books) allows you to create an account with them and
every $100 (?) you get a $5 in store credit. They also serve coffee
& tea in house. I think you buy 10 and get 1 free? I'll have to
check into it. The other shop is a college book store that he likes
because of the esoteric stuff they carry. Better than other shops I
guess. Plus it's near a college (SUNY Geneseo) so who knows what it
has.
So take some time
and break away from the stranglehold that corporate America has on
your reading list and hit your local bookstore.
Who knows what gems
you might find.
Update: The comic book store is called Queen City Books. My apologies for forgetting that.
I bought my first graphic novel there.
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