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Nevada Interrupted: Vegas bookstore moves online only, says customers opting for escapist, dystopian reads during pandemic

Drew Cohen, a co-owner of the independent bookstore, said he and his husband Scott Seeley decided to move to only online orders after "a few awkward days" of watching customers wander through the store, "touching everything in sight." Since then, he estimated the store has gone from receiving one or two website orders a week to anywhere from 20 to 40 orders per day.

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