Goodbye Borders--Hello Powell's

Terri Reed here. I'm sure you know that Borders is closing its doors. There had been rumblings for a while that this would happen. I had hoped it wouldn't. For the past year or so I refused to buy books anywhere but at Borders in hopes that my measly sales would keep my favorite bookstore open. Alas, it hasn't worked. This past week, my children and I visited the store at least four times, each time coming away with books. I'm sure we'll visit again in the days ahead until they close their doors for good. For me its not so much about getting the 'going out of business'l deals but about hanging on. My local Borders store is five minutes from our house. On rainy days (which we get a lot o
f here in Oregon) we'd head to the bookstore. I don't believe bookstores in general will fall. At least I pray not

Here in Portland Oregon we have a book store called Powell's. It's four stories high and takes up a whole city block in downtown

Portland. Its a must see for visitors coming to the area as well a place that locals go to spend a few hours. There are new and used books, a rare book collection and a coffee shop attached. All genre of fiction and non-fiction can be found within the its walls. If they don't have the book your looking for stocked, they'll find it.

The various floors and rooms are color coded. They have a map to help navigate your way through the aisles, shelves and floors of the building. In the rainy days ahead, my family will be making the trek downtown more often now to visit Powell's.

My most recent release THE INNOCENT WITNESS is still on sale.

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