Bay Area mourns

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

At 1:44 PM -0700 9/17/01, Alan DuBoff wrote:
>Along with last weeks tragedy, the Bay Area was faced with yet another
>tragedy...
>
>Both the Sunnyvale (Lawrence Expressway) and San Jose (Trimble/First) Computer
>Literacy stores are closed for business...
>
>The Lawrence store (which was the original) had been in business for 18 years.

Maybe things would be different if they hadn't sold Computer Literacy 
to Barnes and Noble years ago.

That said, four bay area independent booksellers (that I know of) 
have gone out of business this year:

1) Computerware (Macintosh-related books & computers) -- which was 
rebought and will be re-opening some stores
2) Phileas Fogg -- travel books in Stanford Shopping Center
3) Future Fantasy -- science fiction/fantasy/mystery bookseller in Palo Alto
4) Printer's Ink in Mountain View

The independent booksellers often feature overlooked books and try to 
promote good books that don't have huge marketing budgets but sell 
consistently well over a long period. Like DNS & Bind, for example.

ObDisclaimer: I work for a surviving independent bookstore.
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