Borders Hilo Closing

[Devany]

We have a great local book store in downtown Hilo, *Basically Books* (also a publisher with Petroglyph Press) and they probably have a better selection of Hawaiian books including some vintage and out of print ones, many books written in the Hawaiian Language too. They also have a really fantastic map selection. However, for getting other kinds of books, you may have to request them, in that case, Amazon.com actually has hands down the best prices and selection of everything in print and they are the only ones who ship to Hawaii for free (if you order $25 worth of products.) Many online sources use UPS and Fed-Ex for shipping and that means that the prices are ridiculous because they consider Hawaii another country. The person who told me is a Border's buyer on the mainland, so I would take this as pretty much a done deal. That store has been losing money for years. Online sales are killing their brick and mortar market. Also, stores like Walmart undercut prices on best sellers, not so much the unusual books. There are a few smaller book stores in town too, and one that has a great selection of children's books. We do have a really fantastic Library and the Hilo Library is actually the BUSIEST library in the entire state, even busier than the main Honolulu library and has been for several years running. I was told this by one of the librarians there. I get the New York Times Book Review and then go online and order books to be sent here to Hilo. It is great, they have been able to send me almost every title I have ever requested.

Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

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