Independent bookseller M. Coy Books will close its doors at the end of February. It's always sad to see a local business fail, but it's a true bummer to see a bookstore close, especially with the residents of America's third most literate city -- St. Paul, Minn. -- breathing down our necks. C'mon, guys! There's a TV writers' strike going on! Let's read some more books and give those Grain Belt-swilling chumps what for!

Ahem. Anyway, M. Coy, which is owned by Michael Brasky and Michael Coy, is offering its entire stock at a discount from now until the moment it closes its doors. Books are 20 percent off, seasonal items are 40 percent off and some other various items are discounted as much as 50 percent. If M. Coy is to close, let's send them out with a small fortune in their coffers. And listen up, Minneapolis -- Central Connecticut State University may say that you're better-read than us, but Seattle is ... taller. Yeah.

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