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December 12, 2005: "Indies Buck Chains in Battle of Books"
"About 1,200 book retailers went out of business in the mid-1990s, according to the American Booksellers Association. Rochester-based Village Green Bookstores Inc., which once operated four Buffalo-area stores, followed in January 1999, when its flagship closed. The owner blamed disappointing holiday revenues that saw sales shift to the national chains and Internet retailers."
