Avery Leopard, manager of the Tuscaloosa-based independent bookstore Ernest & Hadley Booksellers, talks about the community difference with a smaller bookstore, author events, and book clubs with Alabama Heritage. Leopard is helping build a community bookstore where local residents help select books for the shelf.

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