Caterina points to an interesting article in The Atlantic this month. I’ve had many an argument about this with people in Canada who lamented the arrival of Chapters. I love an indie bookshop as much as the next person, but at the same time, the big boxes are much better than they are reputed to be by the nay-sayers. I know my friends who self-publish, or my friend who has a little publishing house, seem to like Chapters just fine. They can get stocked there more easily than in the small shops, no matter how great a particular small shop might be.
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