After 24 years in business, Books on Vernon, Glencoe, Ill., plans to close June 30, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Owner Linda Illes said that causes were Internet competition and the move earlier this year of Writers Theatre to a new building. "Replacing the 450 people-plus that walked through the bookstore when there is a Theatre production here is just impossible to do," she explained.
Illes and her son, Mitchell Moore, purchased Books on Vernon in 2002. Illes had looked recently for another spot in in Glencoe, but didn't find anything that was economically viable.
Concerning Internet competition, Illes said, "It's annoying when people come in and look at a book and click on their handheld things and say, 'I can get it from Amazon for such and such, and can you match the price?' I have to tell them no. Amazon can afford to lose money on a book. I can't. It's the way of the world."