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It's good to see this conversation going on in my hometown! I live in Brooklyn now, and when I was a kid in Bakersfield Barnes & Noble was my favorite place (next to the Beale Library!). I've since become a career bookseller in independent bookstores, and I think there are a lot of reasons for people to choose to shop at their locally-owned, independent bookstore when they can. (Independent and locally-owned are what most people mean when they describe a business as "local.") Check out this reading list from the American Independent Business Alliance for ideas about some of those reasons: http://amiba.net/recommended.html
I've met lots of great booksellers like you who work at Barnes & Noble, and there's no question you bring value to your community! And it's great that your corporation allows you so much autonomy in your store, which from what I've heard isn't always the case. Clearly you're doing good things with it.
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