And one bookstore to rule over them

Wicked Local Brookline reports the Coolidge Corner Barnes and Noble is flying the coop when its lease runs out in December, finally leaving Brookline Booksmith in peace.

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No, no

The Harvard Square Barnes & Noble is the coop.

Gresham's Law of Bad Puns

Bad puns push out the good ...

And that was one of the worst, I guess, since, yeah, there isn't a Coop within miles of the place.

Sure there is

There's a Coop at Harvard Medical School.

~Your friendly local human map

There isn't a Coop within miles of the place ...

... That anybody in their right mind would ever think of going to. ...

But what if

You're in Brookline or Fenway and have a sudden hankering for overpriced crimson sweatsuits?

http://1smootshort.blogspot.com

I'd jump on the train ...

And head straight for Harvard Square, duh!

It's great news!

Independent bookstores have enough trouble without chains eating up sales.

But it's also a tragedy

The B&N has one of the only public restrooms in Coolidge Corner!

Two other options

There's still Starbucks and Peet's.

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