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Amina herself negotiated these tensions pragmatically. She kept a ledger — not just of transactions but of requests and refusals. Rare, newly published titles she steered customers toward purchasing from the only licensed outlet in town; older, inaccessible works she scanned for archival interest. When an independent publisher arrived one afternoon with a stack of children’s books printed in a minority language, Amina offered shelf space and a commission. She began, in her quiet, market-savvy way, to broker a fragile middle path: pairing access with conscious support for local creators.