The Rutland Herald
mourns the closing of Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Rutland, Vt., "a
Rutland institution for 174 years." John Mayo, who owned the store with
Jennifer Shannon, blamed the Internet, saying it was "impossible to
compete with someone who can sell their books from their living room."
He added that increased demand for used books made it more difficult to
find "quality
books" to replenish stock.
Mayo, who began working for the late Charles Tuttle in 1957, said he and Shannon had sold the inventory of 40,000 books to bookseller DeWolfe and Wood, Alfred, Me.
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In impressionistic, detailed style, the Orange County Register profiles the Apollo Book Shop, Costa Mesa, Calif., "believed to be Orange County's last used-only bookstore," which was founded 44 years ago by Mary-Alice and James Lin Currie. The 900-sq.-ft. store stocks some 25,000 books. "It's my life. Books and dust," Mary-Alice Currie told the paper.
The couple, who are both 78, will close the store "soon," although the Register was vague about this detail.
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If anyone needed a reminder of the reason to mark Banned Books Week, Sourcebooks offers one:
According to v-p and editorial director Todd Stocke, a parent of a student at a high school in Sequim, Wash., objected recently to the library's carrying of The Spoken Word Revolution: Slam, Hip Hop, and the Poetry of a New Generation, writing that the book and its accompanying CD are "vulgar" and "obscene," and "the lives of these artists are known for their violence, antisocial behavior and demeaning treatment of women."
The challenge led to a special meeting of the Sequim School District board of directors, who chose not to ban the book. As Stocke noted, "Apparently they actually read the book. And there are other heroes in this story: local citizens who were willing to fight censorship and spoke on the book's behalf."
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the American Library Association are sponsors of Banned Books Week, which takes place this year September 23-30.
Mayo, who began working for the late Charles Tuttle in 1957, said he and Shannon had sold the inventory of 40,000 books to bookseller DeWolfe and Wood, Alfred, Me.
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In impressionistic, detailed style, the Orange County Register profiles the Apollo Book Shop, Costa Mesa, Calif., "believed to be Orange County's last used-only bookstore," which was founded 44 years ago by Mary-Alice and James Lin Currie. The 900-sq.-ft. store stocks some 25,000 books. "It's my life. Books and dust," Mary-Alice Currie told the paper.
The couple, who are both 78, will close the store "soon," although the Register was vague about this detail.
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If anyone needed a reminder of the reason to mark Banned Books Week, Sourcebooks offers one:
According to v-p and editorial director Todd Stocke, a parent of a student at a high school in Sequim, Wash., objected recently to the library's carrying of The Spoken Word Revolution: Slam, Hip Hop, and the Poetry of a New Generation, writing that the book and its accompanying CD are "vulgar" and "obscene," and "the lives of these artists are known for their violence, antisocial behavior and demeaning treatment of women."
The challenge led to a special meeting of the Sequim School District board of directors, who chose not to ban the book. As Stocke noted, "Apparently they actually read the book. And there are other heroes in this story: local citizens who were willing to fight censorship and spoke on the book's behalf."
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the American Library Association are sponsors of Banned Books Week, which takes place this year September 23-30.