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A customer browses books displayed for sale at a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.
Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011

Open quoteLast year was just depressing ... Somehow, this year, people are back to thinking of books as an appealing gift. Close quote

  • ROXANNE COADY,
  • owner of a bookstore in Madison, Conn., where sales of adult trade books in November rose 30% over last year; holiday shopping has so far yielded surprisingly strong sales for many bookstores
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