Bookstores
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pendent booksellers held a share of
only 15.2 percent. The Book Indus
try Study Group, a New York mar
ket researcher, reported a 19.5 per
cent share in 1995, so there has
been a significant drop.
National chains also felt a slight
slip in market shares, while book e
tailers, led by Amazon, claimed a
5.4 percent share, up from 0.4 per
cent in 1997.
National chains and Internet
sites have several benefits that in
dependent sellers can rarely match,
said Weinstein, whose family owns
Emerald City Fine Books.
The chains and e-commerce sites
pose the most significant challenge
to sellers of new books, such as the
Bookmark, Weinstein said. Such
small independent stores can not
have as many titles in stock.
Also, the large chains buy in
greater bulk and can thus offer dis
counts that are impossible for local
ly-owned stores to match.
“To compete well, independent
booksellers must concentrate into
market niches where chains can’t
compete,” Weinstein said.
J. Michaels is a bookstore that has
filled its niche well. Nissel said his
store succeeds because he primari
ly sells second-hand and out of
print books that are not available to
bookstores selling new goods.
Though Nissel believes that pa
tronizing larger bookstores hurts
small independents, he acknowl
edges that Amazon.com has helped
his business and that of other local
stores due to their out-of-print book
search service, which locates titles
for shoppers and buys them from
small shops like his.
When used correctly, the Internet
could be a way to survive as an inde
pendent bookseller, Weinstein said,
yet he believes that closing store
fronts to operate solely on the Inter
net does pose significant concerns.
Emerald City Fine Books, run bv
Gerry Weinstein, Marc’s father, has
benefited from the Internet thanks
to a “Z-Shop” set up on
Amazon.com, yet continues to run
a brick and mortar store in Eugene.
The Smith Family bookstores,
with one location by campus and
another downtown, has a massive
collection of pre-owned books. The
thrift store of booksellers, Smith
Family offers a wide selection at
low prices. Tsunami, Fool's Cap
and Mother Kali books are also
community-oriented shops with
inviting atmospheres.
While independent bookstores
do not believe in drawing solely on
the sentiments of customers to stay
in business, Weinstein and others
say they need a commitment from
the community and the local gov
ernment to help them.
“Small merchants are doing their
part to contribute to an economic
revival of downtown,” Marc Wein
stein said.
Music stores
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Weekly voted House of Records the
best local record store for 1999.
House of Records is open from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. on
Sunday.
The CD and Game Exchange, 30
E. 11th Ave.
Formerly The Record Exchange,
The CD and Game Exchange carries
new and used CDs, tapes, videos,
records, DVDs, posters and video
games. They pay 25 cents.to $7 for
used CDs, depending on condition,
popularity and how many of the ti
tle they have in stock.
They also do specfal orders, and
carry giant movie and music posters
ranging from $6 to $10. They have a
wide selection of hard-to-find video
games for nearly all systems, from
Nintendo to Playstation. And they
stock not only music videos, but reg
ular movies as well, which tend to
cost from$l to $5.
The CD and Game Exchange is
open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday
through Saturday, and noon to 6
p.m. on Sunday.
Record Garden, 1340 Willamette
Record Garden has a variety of
music on vinyl, CD and tape, and
they also have a sizable collection of
rock memorabilia. They sell, as well
as rent out, music and videos.
They also carry T-shirts, buttons,
stickers and posters. They buy used
CDs for $3, more or less, depending
on the title and condition of the al
bum. Record Garden also special or
ders CDs and records and even of
fers a $1 discount on special orders.
There is a second Record Garden,
located at 1414 Main St. in Spring
field, that carries a similar selection of
new-and used goods. The Willamette
store is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
every day except Sunday, when they
are open from noon to 6 p.m.
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