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title: "5 Independent Bookstore Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I first got really interested in Noh in about 1977. There was an independent bookstore in Bloomington, Indiana where I was going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/i-first-got-really-interested-in-noh-in-about-1977-there-was-an/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/william-t-vollmann-2100_about_i-first-got-really-interested-in-noh-in_178294.jpg)

> [“The return of the Independent Bookstore is the answer to the stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap megastores.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kambiz-mostofizadeh/the-return-of-the-independent-bookstore-is-the-answer-to-the-stack-em/)

[Kambiz Mostofizadeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kambiz-mostofizadeh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/kambiz-mostofizadeh-22536_bookstore_the-return-of-the-independent-bookstore_704310.jpg)

> [My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/my-first-signing-was-at-my-hometown-independent-bookstore-and/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/sarah-dessen-110_bookstores_my-first-signing-was-at-my-hometown-inde_1364080.png)

> [Any independent bookstore that has managed to survive is the best place to do a reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-ozeki/any-independent-bookstore-that-has-managed-to-survive-is-the-best/)

[Ruth Ozeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-ozeki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/ruth-ozeki-2896_any_any-independent-bookstore-that-has-manag_1672660.jpg)

> [“He’s a genius with my Prius,” says the co-owner of Left Bank Books, the town’s independent bookstore. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-finkel/he-s-a-genius-with-my-prius-says-the-co-owner-of-left-bank-books-the/)

[Michael Finkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-finkel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/michael-finkel-7714_writer_he-s-a-genius-with-my-prius-says-the-co_2660506.jpg)

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