Yes I'm afraid the death of Borders in the UK has probably made it a great deal harder to get a lot of small press publications. Say what you like about the chain store at least it took the punt on stocking smaller niche press that none of the other chains would dare do - probably why they went out of business

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But not being lucky (or unlucky) enought to live in London I do miss being able to pop into Borders to get unusual publications that I can buy no where else. Forbidden Planet doesn;t really count these days as it pretty much become a mainstream toy shop these days.