Philadelphia

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Shown is a historical marker outside of Ed Hermance's Giovanni's Room, the nation's oldest gay bookstore on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Philadelphia. Hermance has owned the store for four decades but says independent bookstores are having a hard time competing with e-tailers like Amazon and that he plans to close the doors for good next month. (AP Photo)

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Shown is Ed Hermance's Giovanni's Room, the nation's oldest gay bookstore on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Philadelphia. Hermance has owned the store for four decades but says independent bookstores are having a hard time competing with e-tailers like Amazon and that he plans to close the doors for good next month. (AP Photo)

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Ed Hermance, the owner of Giovanni's Room, the nation's oldest gay bookstore works at his desk Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Philadelphia. Hermance has owned the store for four decades but says independent bookstores are having a hard time competing with e-tailers like Amazon and that he plans to close the doors for good next month. (AP Photo)

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Ed Hermance, the owner of Giovanni's Room, the nation's oldest gay bookstore poses for a photograph Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Philadelphia. Hermance has owned the store for four decades but says independent bookstores are having a hard time competing with e-tailers like Amazon and that he plans to close the doors for good next month. (AP Photo)