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book story

So my friend Dave is also known as Mr. Bike. And he’s just out recently with the second edition of the fabulous book, Urban Bikers’ Tricks and Tips. Sadly, I say it’s fabulous not because I own a copy, but because my friend, former roommate and shareholder/member at the Hub Housing Cooperative with me, John Stoner, has a copy and I’ve read parts of it. So anyway, I was talking with Dave last week and I asked him how it would be best for him if I wanted to buy his book. Should I buy it through his website or from the publisher or what? He said the best is to buy it from any bookstore, that way, it shows demand to the store and maybe they will buy more than one copy.

So I went into my local independent bookstore in downtown Chicago, Brent Books at Franklin and Washington. Last July I went in there when they had a 50% off sign in the window. The sale was only for that month. It’s still there. That’s a bit worrying. And in July they let me order books they didn’t have, no problem. This time, they suggested I order from Amazon, even though the publisher is here in Chicago. When I didn’t jump at that excellent suggestion they said if I wanted to prepay, including a shipping charge, they could order it for me. So that’s what I did. Hopefully it’ll come in soon.

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