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Independent bookstore owners, including one in Haddonfield, look back at a year spent trying to stay afloat

Some independent bookstores prospered during Year One of the coronavirus pandemic. Others decided to call it a day. And for others yet, it's too soon to predict which way the plot might twist.

Julie Beddingfield (left), the owner of Inkwood Books on Kings Highway in Haddonfield, talks with customers in 2015. Her store moved to larger quarters across the street last year, amid a particularly challenging period for booksellers.
Julie Beddingfield (left), the owner of Inkwood Books on Kings Highway in Haddonfield, talks with customers in 2015. Her store moved to larger quarters across the street last year, amid a particularly challenging period for booksellers.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer