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Too Small To Fail

NPR | By Stacey Vanek Smith,
Paddy Hirsch
Published March 22, 2018 at 4:12 PM EDT
NPR

Independent bookstores got crushed by big box stores in the 90s, and hammered by Amazon in the aughts.

But since then, they've reinvented themselves.

Now independent bookstores are back, often as the mainstays of new retail developments.

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Stacey Vanek Smith
Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money, and is a correspondent for Planet Money.
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