I don't know if you know the story, but Labyrinth Books is independent, it's not a chain, and independent bookstores are trying-struggling--to survive.

不知道你们是否了解,"迷宫书店"家是独立书店 而非连锁书店,对于独立书店来说,生存下去非常艰难

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Bookstores in the US are not doing well.

美国的书店并不景气。

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I put it there because, well, I think the major chain bookstores fulfill an important function but I also like to support independent bookstores.

我推荐这个书店是因为,我认为,虽然主流的连锁书店,起到了很重要的作用,但是我仍然想支持一下独立书店

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A funny coincidence is that since our names are close in the alphabet-- you often find our books right together in bookstores because Shiller and Siegel-- if they're shelving alphabetically-- would end up together.

巧合的是,因为我们的姓氏在字母表中排在一起,所以书店里常见到我们的书也摆放在一起,因为希勒和西格尔,如果书店按字母顺序摆放书籍的话,我们的书就会放在一起

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