April 16, 2009

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ….

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Lest you thought, as some newspapers have been reporting, that the end of the economic crisis may be on the horizon, latest figures in from bookstore sales show no sign of let up yet. Quite the opposite — it only takes Publishers Weekly three sentences to relay the grim news: Bookstore sales for February fell 11.5%.

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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