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The Bookstore is Closed Thanks to all of our customers for the years of support.
DUTHIE
PRESS RELEASE
January 19, 2010
We are sad to tell you
that Duthie Books 4th ave is closing.
After 53 years, the last
Duthies bookstore is closing. Goodbye to all that!
The
Duthie family: Cathy Legate, Celia Duthie and David Duthie, wish to
thank all the customers, readers, staff, authors, and publishers who
have been part of Duthie Books over the years, particularly our
customers who have remained steadfast over these past 10 years at 4th
Ave.
We
have had 53 (mostly) happy years of bookselling in Vancouver. We have
offered friendly recommendations, and stocked good books. For 53
years Duthies has provided a good book service to the city,
championed BC and Canadian books, encouraged the public to read local
writers, and helped to create a knowledgeable reading public. The
book culture of Vancouver and BC has grown up and flourished around
Duthies from publisher's reps to publishing houses , authors,
illustrators, designers, printers, literary festivals, and university
writing and publishing programs have emerged in the Duthies milieu
and many Duthies alumni work in all parts of the book trade.
Thank
you and Good bye
Everybody
knows that Independent bookstores have been under pressure from the
'big box' operations for many years now and it is clear that it is
not going to get any better; the likes of Chapters, and Amazon are
ruthless in their drive for market share and we cannot compete on
price anymore. The book itself is in the throes of a technological
transformation and book readers undergoing a major demographic shift.
We
are closing now while we can do so in an orderly fashion and not
under any pressure from banks or suppliers. Duthies went through a
radical restructuring 10 years ago and frankly, we do not want to go
through that again.
Our
last annual sale starts Thursday January 28 with 40% off everything
and further reductions in the following weeks. Please use your gift
certificates before the end of February.
For
more information contact Cathy Legate 604-732-5344 or Celia Duthie
250-537-9606.
DUTHIE BOOKS TOP TEN
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Non-Fiction
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| 1. Wolf Hall
By Hilary Mantel
2. Golden Mean
By Annabel Lyon
3. Juliet Naked
By Nick Hornby
4. Too Much Happiness
By Alice Munro
5. Year of The Flood
By Marget Atwood
| 1. Wayfinders
By Wade Davis
2. Greatest Show On Earth
By Richard Dawkins
3. Trauma Farm
By Brian Brett
4. Immigrant Stories
By Lisa Smedman
5. Born To Run
By Christopher McDougall
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