I was very glad to read in today's paper that Kris Moutsatson will open a new book store at 1014 Mission. I have known Kris for many years and know she is doing what her heart is telling her to. She loves books and will carry and order what the public wants.

What she needs is support. Mt. Pleasant cannot do without a good book store, so please consider buying from a local merchant instead of the huge chain stores and the Internet. Too often the convenience of getting a best seller delivered to your door does not compensate for the pleasure of knowing the seller, chatting about what's new, seeing a large variety of titles, and smelling the binding of a new book.

The younger generation will soon do without paper books all together: Nooks, Kindles and iPads will be the primary way of obtaining written material. Within a few years high-school and university texts will be downloaded for the semester. The device doesn't weigh any different if it contains ten or a thousand "books."

Please cherish a fine local bookstore as a way of facing a brave new world by buying real books from real local people.