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Robert and Elizabeth Monroe started the '''Derby Square Book Store''' in 1975. It had survived on the same spot in Derby Square
run by sons Ted and Frank Monroe after their parents retired.

It earned a reputation for being an unusual bookstore with tens of thousands of books in less than 1,000 square feet of space,
tall towers of books rising past most customers' heads. Early on they survived on school book fairs and selling technical books
to high-tech firms along Route 128.

The store was known for its great customer service and would try to get you any book title in print. It survived while many other
book stores went out of business.

Derby Square will close its doors for good on April 17, 2014.

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"Last chapter for Derby Books; iconic Salem store to close in April after 39 years" ''Salem News'', Mar. 27, 2014, p.1

[http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1387888645/Last-chapter-for-Derby-Books Last Chapter for Derby Books] Iconic store in Salem to close
in April after 39 years. Salem News, Mar. 27, 2014, p. 1