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'Independent Bookstore On Wheels': Bay Area Bookstore Takes To The Streets

First Posted: 07/28/10 12:57 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:10 PM ET

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The Bay Area Bookmobile, as Simpson's enterprise is called, proudly bills itself as an "Independent Bookstore on Wheels." Bookstores don't get more indie than that.

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addisonsteele
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01:25 PM on 07/28/2010
When I was in elementary school, which was in the past century, we had regular visits by The Bookmobile, which sold books aimed at elementary school students. This is a great idea, considering how many independent bookstores are folding and how bad the large chains are.
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