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== Fifteen Philadelphia Bookstores  by By Marina Lamanna  |  March 20, 2016 ==
Bookstores — specifically those of the indie variety — have come to represent something quite different in the age of “140 characters or less” and “TL;DR.” But before you cast them off as a You’ve Got Mail-era relic, consider this: Independent bookstores are more than an ode to nostalgia and much-needed tactility — they also often boast the smartest literati as shopkeepers and the most inviting (and weather-proofed) hangouts you can find in/around Philly. So the next time your eyes start to blur after thumbing your four-inch screen for a couple hours, you can come up for air and head to one of these 15 brick-and-mortar independent bookstores. 
Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/shoppist/2016/03/20/philadelphia-independent-bookstores/#Ihj15a5STxWvScvL.99

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