Sunday, June 29, 2014

Black River Used Books’ story is almost over

Bill Mattoon has operated Black River Used Books in Springfield for 16 years, but that chapter is coming to an end at 5 p.m. Monday.
http://rutlandherald.com/article/20140629/NEWS02/706299954

4 comments :

  1. Sorry to see him go. His business added something positive to the downtown.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I heard someone say that Black River Used Books was "an oasis in the desert of downtown Springfield." Made sense to me. They will be missed!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Sorry to say that Black River Used Books, for all its merits, was yet another rather obscure and nondescript vendor on a rather forlorn main street. My guess is that the owner was fortunate to have a military pension to supplement his income from this rather moribund business. He deserves credit for trying, but the fact that “…he thought Springfield could become the Vermont equivalent of Hay-on-Wye, a small community in Powys, Wales, that is famous for its many used and antiquarian bookstores” tends to reveal a lack of due diligence in his research of Springfield and its decades long record of economic and social travails.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Actually he sold a lot of books on half.com.

    ReplyDelete


Please keep your comments polite and on-topic. No profanity

R E C E N T . . . C O M M E N T S

Springfield Vermont News is an ongoing zero-income volunteer hyperlocal news gathering project. No paid advertising is accepted on this site but any Springfield business willing to place a link to this news blog on their site will be considered for a free ad here. Businesses, organizations and individuals may submit write-ups and photos about any positive happenings here in Springfield that they are associated with and would be deemed newsworthy. Email the Editor at ed44vt@gmail.com.

Privacy statement: This blog does not share personal information with third parties nor do we store any information about your visit to this blog other than to analyze and optimize your content and reading experience through the use of cookies. You can turn off the use of cookies at anytime by changing your specific browser settings. We are not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without our permission. This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on January 1, 2017. If you have any questions feel free to contact Springfield Vermont News directly here: ed44vt@gmail.com

Pageviews past week

---

Sign by Danasoft - For Backgrounds and Layouts