Via postings today on Law-Lib, the first from Judith C. Russell, the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, this important information on the status of the bookstores across the country, and the second from Marian Storck, Legal Information Specialist, U.S. Attorneys Office:
“Essentially, the bookstore closures result from an overall decline in sales due to the dramatic increase in access to government information on the Internet and the shift from walk in traffic at bookstores to purchases from the GPO online bookstore. Many of the titles that were in greatest demand in the bookstores historically, such a volumes of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), are available for free public access from www.gpoaccess.gov. This has significantly reduced bookstore revenue.”
The Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, McPherson Square (Washington, DC), Philadelphia, and San Francisco bookstores are closed. Please check the individual store Web sites for other U.S. Government Bookstore options. The Kansas City, Portland, Seattle and New York bookstores will be closing on July 1, 2003. This information was published on this GPO Access webpage.
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