tattered cover

The Tattered Cover Bookstore is a bookstore in Denver, Colorado, and one of the largest independent bookstores in the United States. Its main location is in the Cherry Creek district of Denver with another branch in Denver's LoDo (lower downtown) district. In November, 2004, the store opened a third location in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The Tattered Cover is open 7 days a week, hosts prominent book signings, and is renowned for its customer service. The inventory for its retail sales is over ½ million books http://www.hoovers.com/tattered-cover-book-store/--ID__41977--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml. The store was founded by Joyce Meskis. Like many independent bookstores, the Tattered Cover is a member of the American Booksellers Association.

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In 2000 the store resisted, on First Amendment grounds, a search warrant for records related to purchases made by a customer suspected of illegally manufacturing methamphetamine. This case made national news, eventually being decided in the store's favor by the Colorado Supreme Court. http://www.freeexpression.org/newswire/0408_2002.htm

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