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In India recently, I went to every bookstore I could find, and even in stores the size of a broom closet in back alleys (where the proprietors surely stocked no book they were not certain they could sell), Stephen King was the second-most-stocked author.
You couldn't say the same of a CLOSED sign--if it was off, would that mean proprietors lurking in the back waiting to make a sale?
The proprietors' explanation: We're inundated with responses and will be up and running shortly.
Palapa proprietors do a great job of keeping all trash off the island.