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I’m a firm believer in rela­tion­ship buy­ing. There are two huge home improve­ment chains less than two miles from my house. There is also a tiny hard­ware store that’s been family-owned for decades. The build­ing is dec­o­rated with fam­ily pho­tos, old signs (the real ones, not the faux ones), and notes from cus­tomers. Every­thing in this build­ing costs a lit­tle more than the chain store, but the peo­ple know their stuff, and they have things that you just can’t find in the big boxes. Plus, they spon­sor local sports team and buy ads in the march­ing band pro­gram. When I spend money there, I know those few pen­nies are going to help the com­mu­nity, instead of even­tu­ally end­ing up in a a CEO’s or pro foot­ball player’s deep pockets.

That’s the rea­son there are no links to the big chain book­stores on this site.  Local book­sellers know their com­mu­nity, their stock, and their lit­er­a­ture. Most of all, they know you, their cus­tomers. Money you spend there stays there, in sup­port of local schools and libraries, lit­er­acy pro­grams, and yes, authors. If you’re think­ing of buy­ing a copy of Soul Enchi­lada, please con­sider vis­it­ing your local indy instead of order­ing it online from a chain or the big river site. And if you don’t have a local book­store, please con­sider order­ing form one of the indies listed below. I’ve checked, and as of this writ­ing, they have the book in stock.

• Book Peo­ple, Austin, TX: Soul Enchi­lada is available.
• Tat­tered Cover Book­store, Den­ver, CO: Soul Enchi­lada is available.