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I live in Norwalk, Ohio, a town of 15,000 people which is largely blue-collar. There is no bookstore in town. 2 1/2 years ago, a Borders got built in Sandusky, which is a 25 minute drive away. It replaced a Walden Books. Prior to that, the nearest decent-sized bookstore was a 50 minute drive to a Borders or Barnes and Noble in Cleveland, Toledo or Mansfield. There is a college bookstore in Oberlin that is owned by B&N about 30 minutes away, but it has a pretty limited SFF selection. The nearest independent bookstores I know of are Joseph Beth on the east side of Cleveland, about a 90 minute drive, and The Book Loft in Columbus, a 2 hour drive. Amazon has been a godsend.