10 years ago I lived in Chicago and loved the bookstores there. Now I live in a town with crappy chain and independent bookstores and have pretty much come to rely on Amazon and half.com for my book needs, and don't really see much of a need for them anymore.

I live in a town with a pretty good local bookstore but time constraints often lead me to Amazon as well.

Between this story and the one on public libraries weeding out those pesky classics from their shelves, I'm a bit bummed out....