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This kind of felicity is at the shop's heart, Mr. Contant said.

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As sales have declined, the owners have reduced inventory, from about 43,000 titles to perhaps half that, Mr. Contant said.

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Mr. Contant and Mr. McCoy said they were optimistic, mainly because of all the publicity.

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"Ah," Mr. Contant said, beaming: a connection at last.

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Mr. Contant acknowledged that the East Village was no longer the bohemian mecca where he and four partners, including Mr. McCoy, had chosen to open their business, in a 600-square-foot storefront at 13 St. Mark's Place that rented for $375.

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Mr. Contant, 68, who has an admirable head of white hair, is one of the owners; but because of the sagging economy, the store has had to cut its staff and its stock.

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Mr. Contant and his East Village store, which opened in 1977, have become a neighborhood cause célèbre lately, after he and the co-owner, Terry McCoy, asked their landlord

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"Susan Sontag and Annie Leibovitz used to come in here every Sunday night and close the place down," Mr. Contant said.

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