In a message dated 97-11-14 16:27:03 EST, you write:
<< It should be noted that books of all sorts are killing trees across the
world.
>>
Just a note: There are many tree-free papers available. If anyone would
like information about where they can purchase tree-free paper or information
about how tree-free paper help the save the forests and the animals, just let
me know - Thanks! Angela [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Nov 14 17:40:47 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:40:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Patricia Novotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: borders, et al
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971114141455.15624A-100000@yoop>
Exactly! The extinction of independent booksellers is bad for readers and
bad for writers, not only because you have a few bookseller making
purchase decisions for the world, but those decisions directly affect the
health and well-being of small presses as well. Up and down the food
chain, minority voices and tastes are suffering.
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Charlotte Freeman wrote:
>
> I usually lurk on this list -- but as a writer, and an
> independent-bookstore employee, I'd like to point out that there is a
> bigger problem lurking behind the fact that the big chains are gobbling up
> small independent booksellers. That is, that the buyers for the big chains
> are weilding undue influence on publishers -- do we really want three or
> four buyers around the country deciding what gets published? We'll wind up
> in a world with no literary fiction at all ... just celebrity memoirs and
> movie-tie-ins. So, by supporting your local independent bookstore, you are
> also supporting free speech.
>
> --Charlotte
>
>
