Tout est là, dans le détail, à partir du témoignage d'un libraire indépendant qui fermera bientôt boutique. Selon le journaliste du New York Times : "Village bookstores across the country have been dying at an astonishing rate. According to Oren Teicher, chief operating officer of the American Booksellers Association, the organization had 4,500 members in the early 1990s and now has fewer than 2,000, with 200 independents closing every year, though he said the decline has leveled off. "