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How independent bookstores are weathering tough economic times

Editor’s note: We mistakenly referred to Alyson Jones Turner as Alyson Jones Taylor. We regret the error.

These are perilous times for independent bookstores. More than one independent bookstore has closed each week since the pandemic began, and 20 percent across the country are in danger of closing, according to a recent study by the American Booksellers Association. Jeffrey Brown has the story.

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