Tom Heywood, co-owner of the Babbling Book on Main Street, was ready and eager for his biggest sales day of the year. Make that every town merchant’s best sales day.

This would be more epic than any mere cruise ship invasion at the height of summer. Heck, he figured, sales might even top two cruise ships.

It was Black Friday; that fabled shopping day after Thanksgiving when Haines residents join the rest of the consumer…