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July 7th, 2009

Damn! Another indie bookstore is closing—the one stocking my paperback on Capitol Hill

By David Rothman

imageThe venerable Trover Shop on Pennsylvania Avenue is closing after 51 years of selling to both the famous and obscure on Capitol Hill. Only a card shop, at another location, will be left.

Hits me directly in the pocketbook. My novel, The Solomon Scandals, has been on sale there in trade paperback.

I’m not sure what the solution is. Perhaps  libraries and independent bookstores could get together to do locally originated POD books that could also appear in E. The most successful titles could be farmed out to conventional publishers. Far from a total solution! But perhaps part of one?

Related: Espresso Book Machines: ‘Lurch’ winning friends at Northshire Bookstore—what’s next?

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