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| - This is the best bookstore in the entire country - and I say that after spending thousands of bucks in as many as bookshops as I can get too. Why do I like it so much? They're local, they put used and new books right next to each other on the same shelf, have consistently good author events, kid friendly, attached to a good place to eat, have clean bathrooms, excellent staff, good website, great selection of gifts, and always have sale books, plus they are located 3 doors down from another smaller used book shop and everyone gets along! Then of course, they are in the same strip mall as a Trader Joe's with parking, a few good restaurants, a Walgreen's, SteinMart, Baskin Robbins, a day care...really strip malls are never this good. I just hope this recession doesn't alter the oasis.
Note: Another reviewer compared it to City Lights in SF - I really think Changing Hands is better. Maybe it's because Changing Hands is accessible and has an extremely helpful staff without being pretentious.
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