Detroit's Marwil Bookstore or purchasing them on the internet from online competitors, such as Amazon and eBay. After Marwil had been in business at WSU for some 59 years, Brian Kramer had seen textbook prices nearly triple over a period of two decades. According to a 2005 survey conducted by the National Association of College Students, about 25 percent of students had begun purchasing textbooks online. Another drastic change was when Wayne State opened a $6 million, 28,000-square-foot Barnes & Noble college bookstore right across the street in 2002. Marwil didn't have the fancy store front, cafe or music and apparel that was
Bluestockings (bookstore) Fiction, Poetry, and Fiction. Since 2003, Bluestockings has continued to operate as a collectively-owned radical bookstore, and serves as a community meeting space and hub for activist, literary and intellectual gathering. The space also continues to host author readings, discussions, screenings, workshops, and panels nearly every night that are free to attend. There is also a small fair trade café that serves coffee from one of the Zapatista coffee cooperatives. Another, unaffiliated store called Bluestocking Books is based in San Diego, California. Bluestockings was featured as the feminist bookstore in a short video on Vulture.com featuring Carrie Brownstein and Fred