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clipped from seattlepi.nwsource.com Seattle's independent M. Coy Books on Pine calling it quits Sound the funeral dirge for one of Seattle's most respected independent booksellers. M. Coy Books & Espresso will shut its doors within the next month after 18 years on Pine Street, just a block from Pike Place Market. Partners Michael Coy and Michael Brasky have fought the good indie fight at a difficult location, but a lost lease under their building's new ownership forced them to recognize that their store's struggles did not justify relocation. "Keeping a small independent bookstore afloat in today's retail environment has become virtually impossible," Coy said Friday. "We were not immune from that, nor were we alone. I'm convinced that the only places where small independents can survive are neighborhoods where locals are protective and voting with their dollars, places like Queen Anne or Magnolia or Mercer Island."