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Santa Cruz's Gateways Books Closes

Gateways Bookstore

First Posted: 03/30/11 05:42 PM ET Updated: 05/30/11 06:12 AM ET

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Santa Cruz News:

Borders, which has begun closing its Santa Cruz store along with 200 others nationwide, isn’t the only local bookselling casualty of this foot-dragging recession. Gateways Books closed its doors on Saturday, March 26, ending a 32-year run for the nonprofit spiritual bookstore. In the 5,000-square-foot emporium’s final days, its vast book collection dwindled to a few small volumes on mostly empty shelves.

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Borders, which has begun closing its Santa Cruz store along with 200 others nationwide, isn’t the only local bookselling casualty of this foot-dragging recession. Gateways Books closed its doors on ...
Borders, which has begun closing its Santa Cruz store along with 200 others nationwide, isn’t the only local bookselling casualty of this foot-dragging recession. Gateways Books closed its doors on ...
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Paul Houston
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02:07 PM on 03/31/2011
Sad to see this happen. One of the great things about a book store is you can browse and discover books you may not have thought of. You cannot do that on-line.
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02:32 PM on 03/31/2011
My thoughts exactly. I will only order something online if absolutely necessary, as I prefer to actually see what I'm purchasing. It saddens me to see independent bookstores disappearing like this, and I especially feel bad for the people who worked there.
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12:02 PM on 03/31/2011
This is sad.
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mwt
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01:06 AM on 03/31/2011
Jai Hanuman!
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