That's because another village bookstore, like so many other independent booksellers in the last decade, is closing, unable to compete against Internet retailers and the big retail chains.
In April, the troubled Peninsula Hospital Center closed, unable to stay solvent after its lab failed a state exam and was shut down by the New York State Health Department, which said the lab was dangerous for patients.
In 1957, as another worldwide economic downturn loomed, Black Mountain closed, unable to sustain itself fiscally.
But many of the traditional photo studios have closed, unable to get enough business as more people use cellphones and digital cameras to snap pictures.
During the Civil War, many of Lowell's cotton mills closed, unable to acquire bales of raw cotton from the South.
But in June, Norsk Hydro of Norway, the parent company, joined the crowd and announced that this plant, too, would close -- unable to compete with the cheaper costs of doing business nearly a thousand miles away, in Gyor, Hungary.
The Guardian has found that scores of genuine students are being left stranded and penniless as bona fide private colleges close down, unable to keep their businesses going with ever more stringent regulations.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Vine, the Beeb's king of swing, reveals his virtual-reality swingometer is close to being unable to cope with the SNP's triumphs.
The picture is especially vivid because the show focuses on artists who stayed close to home, unable or, like Rembrandt, unwilling to make excursions to France and Italy.
