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Also available is an out-ofprint search for hard-to-find titles. This is done through notices that Nan places in an international weeklj magazine. “W<_ either get several responses or none," Nan said. “But we can usually find almost any title if a customer will give us enough time."
Nan also offers a mailorder program, both through the catalog that she prints at Christmas time and through ads places in out-of-town publications. Like other local businesses. Nan makes up for Royal Oak’s smallness by offering personal, prompt service.
Her used book department, started in 1981, is now well-established and offers thousands of titles at reduced prices.
New this year also are her bookshop seminars, small
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