Neil Gaiman's blog mentioned that the famed Minneapolis bookstore Dream Haven Books recently had a nasty break-in, which led not only to theft, but quite a bit of destruction.

Gaiman is asking people to help Dream Haven out by buying something from them, which is certainly a nice idea. (I'd personally prefer if it were something that you couldn't get from the SFBC, but, either way, it's good. We're all buying books anyway, right? So buy one from them instead of from that big Internet retailer that sounds like a river...I name no names...)

Update, five minutes later: I should also mention the problems of Pandemonium Books (of Boston), which is selling T-shirts to try to stay in business, and Clarkesworld Books (a virtual store in my own amazing home state of New Jersey), which is shutting down, since the proprietor needs the space for a new baby. They're also worthy of your book dollar. (I'll probably buy something from Pandemonium myself while I'm at Boskone this weekend.)

Update, 3/5: Pandemonium's problems (and its T-shirt solution) were the subject of a Boston Globe article over the weekend.