On Sep 27, 12:26*am, Butch Malahide wrote:
On Sep 25, 12:48*pm, Stratum101 wrote:

[. . .]
Although Dallas is well served by the two large
chains, namely B&N and Borders, which each has its
30,000-50,000 titles, there is only one used bookstore
of importance. *That is Half Price which like Powell's
in Portland sells a combo of used and new. *It is a
chain in central and western states. *Its headquarters
store is in Dallas and is quite a draw. *

How is it such a draw, if Texans are non-readers?

Because it is the only significant used bookstore
in a large city, idiot. The minority of the population
who do browse in bookstores all show up at the
same place, which in the case of Dallas
is *one* place.