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With roughly 25,000 titles, Tsunami Books doesn't rival the massive se lections of chains like Barnes & No ble orthe locally owned Smith Family Bookstore. But it has managed to withstand the tough times that have befallen other small independent bookstores, such as downtown Eu gene's Book Mark, which recently announced plans to close its doors. As Tsunami Books enters its 10th year of business, it remains one of Eugene's best places to find special ty books and one of the city's most frequent hosts of literary events and cultural gatherings. At 2585 Willamette St., Tsunami Books opened in the front section of a warehouse in fall 1995. When the store expanded into the rear section of the building in 1999, co-owner Scott Landfield, a former tree planter, constructed bookshelves and a stage using wood salvaged from shipping crates and high school bleachers. He added seating using salvaged stadium chairs from Autzen Stadium, including a seat he said once belonged to Phil Knight. The store expanded again in 2003 and began housing rare collections in the small storefront next door. With books spanning the best in contemporary literature to a Latin bibli cal text dated less than two centuries after Johannes Gutenberg introduced movable type to the west, Tsunami gets the most out of its inventory. Writers like Ken Kesey and Jack Kerouac are featured promi nently amidst a selection Landfield said contains "books for the Nicole Barker | Photographer Tsunami Books at 2585 Willamette St. offers an eclectic collec tion of rare and specialty books. progressive mind." The store s selection covers all gen res except romance and history, co owner David Rhodes said, and its biggest strength is its fiction offerings. Roughly 99 percent of the stock is used, and the limited selection of new books, which is discounted at 10 percent, is based on what cus tomers are asking for, he said. The store also features 4,000 rare books at prices averaging $50. Over the years the store has fea tured over 1,000 events, ranging from Oregon Book Award readings to a performance by local band Mood Area 52 of its score to the vampire film, "Nosferatu." The store often features students and faculty from the UO's creative writing pro gram, School of Music, English de partment and literary non-fiction program in the journalism school. They also host a range of commu nity gatherings, typically for writing and reading groups, like the Wordos, a local group of writers, who meet every Tuesday. Overall, Tsunami hosts about four events per month, Rhodes said. Rhodes pointed outthatthe store's greatest competition doesn't come from Eugene's large selection of bookstores. "Compared to the Internet, they don't affect us at all," he said. Ironically, Tsunami's recent sales growth originated in cyberspace. The store recently sold an 1814 print of the Lewis and Clark's jour nals for $40,000 on consignment. Landfield said that while Internet sales made up 10 percent of the store's total sales a year ago, today they account for 30 percent of the store's business. The store sells their books on the web through Abebooks (www.abe books.com), an online bookseller that lists more than 13,000 book sellers. Tsunami currently lists 7,000 of their 25,000 titles on the site. While their Internet business has been good, Rhodes said he hopes that in-store business doesn't be come a thing of the past. "The idea is to have a neighbor hood business where people show up, but that whole concept is disap pearing," he said. joshlintereur@dailyemerald.com Classifieds To place an ad, call (541) 346-4343 or stop by Room 300 Erb Memorial Union E-mail: classads@dailyemerald.com Online Edition: www.dailyemerald.com Room 300, Erb Memorial Union, P.O. Box 3159, Eugene, OR 97403 TUTORING spring term! CH 223 PHYS 203 FR 103 FR 203 SPAN 103 SPAN 103 SPAN 203 6:00 UH 4:30 MW 4:00 MW 5:00 MW 4:00 MW 4:00 UH 3:00 MW MATH 095 MATH 111 MATH 111 MATH 111 MATH 112 MATH 112 MATH 242 MATH 251 MATH 251 MATH 252 MATH 253 4:00 MW 3:00 MW 4:00 MW 4:00 UH 4:00 UH 3:00 MW 4:30 UH 3:00 MW 4:00 MW 4:00 MW 4:00 UH For more information contact, Academic Learning Services 68 PLC, or call 346-3226. http://als.uoregon.edu The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside
