????這并不是說個(gè)體書店一帆風(fēng)順。2011年11月，暢銷小說家安妮?帕切特在她的家鄉(xiāng)田納西州納什維爾市開設(shè)了帕納薩斯書店（Parnassus Books）。在一家當(dāng)?shù)貢甑归]和該地區(qū)因?yàn)椴┑眠B鎖書店（Borders）破產(chǎn)而損失了又一家書店的時(shí)候，帕切特與離開了蘭登書屋（Random House）銷售崗位的本地人卡倫?海斯展開了合作。那兩家書店的倒閉為該地區(qū)留下了一個(gè)市場(chǎng)空白。那里也是范德比爾特大學(xué)（Vanderbilt University）的所在地，是一個(gè)文學(xué)社區(qū)。

????帕納薩斯書店剛好填補(bǔ)了這個(gè)空白，但不是所有的社區(qū)都那么幸運(yùn)，能夠擁有一位安妮?帕切特式的人物。

????譯者：千牛絮

????This isn't to say independents haven't struggled. In November 2011, best-selling novelist Anne Patchett opened Parnassus Books in her hometown, Nashville, TN. When a local bookstore closed and the area lost another one due to the Borders bankruptcy, Patchett partnered with Karen Hayes, a native who left her job in sales at Random House. The closings left a void in the area that's also home to Vanderbilt University, a literary community.

????Parnassus filled it, but not all communities may be lucky enough to have an Anne Patchett around.