Article: Kids Ink weathers competition

Shirley Mullin can't relate to the fictional character played by actress Meg Ryan in the recent blockbuster movie "You've Got Mail."

In the film, Ryan portrays the owner of a longtime children's bookshop that's being forced out of business by a megabookstore that has opened its doors just down the street.

Although both women are the loving caretakers of independent bookshops for kids, what differentiates the two is that Mullin's store has weathered the competition brought on by industry giants and lived to tell about it.

What's more, unlike Ryan's character, who rarely ventured outside the confines of her cozy shop, Mullin is as familiar with her competition as she is with her own store.

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