07.17.09

"Keep it local, America!"

If retailers were forced to pay tax proportionate to their carbon footprint, most internet retailers would vanish overnight. Courtesy of the fine folks over at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC, here is a 1940s-style cheeky newsreel called "Just Around the Corner" that addresses just that issue:

You can read the full article here, which details how Regulator co-owner Tom Campbell's idea came to fruition.

-- From the July 16, 2009 issue of Bookselling This Week.