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I am the owner of a locally owned and operated bookstore in New Hampshire.  Before opening my store I was the assistant manager of a big-box book store.  I am amazed at the amount of "local" you are allowed to do.  I did not find that the case.  We were not allowed to order stock for the store.  Corporate knew what our customers wanted.  We were not allowed to return books that we knew wouldn't sell in our area.  Corporate knew better what wouldn't sell.  We were not allowed to support local authors through book signings.  Corporate knew better what authors our customers wanted to discover and talk to.  In fact, corporate didn't believe we needed book signings.  All local donations were to go through corporate.  Fund raisers were to be given an 800 number to clear their cause.  My manager ended up paying for all gift card donations herself.  No, corporate didn't know about that.  We were told which...
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