Allentown, PA is a good sized small city, has a liberal Democratic mayor, a diverse population, and one used book store. Another Story has been in Allentown for nearly 30 years, owned by John Furphy since 1997 and is the only book store of any type inside the city limits.
It is now on the verge of closing for good due to lack of customers... this article is from September...the situation is dire right now...
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/...
John is also an all night DJ on a college radio station at Muhlenberg College every weekend for the last several decades. He lives above the store, and may soon loose not only his business and stock of books, but his home.
He has started several fund raisers over the last year, but got only a small fraction of what was needed to continue, and has all but given up hope.
I have been a customer for almost all of the store's existence, and have known John for at least 35 years...Allentown is my home town. This all is very sad, and I HOPE there will be some last minute reprieve...