We opened the Greenville store on May 6. Since then, we have seen a steady increase in customer traffic. Efforts such as social media contests and book readings led to the increase. There was a 9.5 percent rise in customer visits. Our sales of nonfiction books were 5 percent higher. However, we offered discounts on nonfiction books. We also organized author readings. In addition, we showcased certain books. In particular, we advertised books that have been made into movies or television shows.

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Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia