Patronizing indies helps us think we are more literary or more offbeat than is often the case. There are similar phenomena in the world of indie music fans ("Top 40 has to be bad") and indie cinema, which rebels against stars and big-budget special effects. In each case the indie label is a deliberate marketing ploy to segregate, often artificially, one part of the market from the rest.
Monday, May 15, 2006
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did you happen to notice which bookstore is shown in the photo at the top of this article?
Of course. Half the reason I linked it. You will also notice that toward the end of the article it says Powell's is "considered by many to be the best bookstore in the United States."
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