Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything

Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speechto Buying Local to Building Communities

The revival of independent bookselling has already begun and is one of the amazing stories of our times. Bookseller Andy Laties wrote the first edition of Rebel Bookseller six years ago, hoping it would spark a movement. Now, with this second edition, Latiesâ€™s book can be a rallying cry for everyone who wants to better understand how the rise of the big bookstore chains led irrevocably to their decline, and how even in the face of electronic readers from three of Americaâ€™s largest and most successful companiesâ€”Apple, Amazon, and Googleâ€”the movement to support locally owned independent stores, especially bookstores, is on the rise. From the mid-1980s to the present, Andy Laties has been an independent bookseller, starting out in Chicago, teaching along the way at the American Booksellers Association, and finally running the bookshop at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. His innovations were adapted by Barnes & Noble, Zany Brainy, and scores of independent stores. In Rebel Bookseller, Laties tells how he got started, how he kept going, and why he believes independent bookselling has a great future. He alternates his narrative with short anecdotes, interludes between the chapters that give his credo as a bookseller. Along the way, he explains the growth of the chains, and throws in a treasure trove of tips for anyone who is considering opening up a bookstore. Rebel Bookseller is a must read for those in the book biz, a testament to the ingeniousness of one man manâ€™s story of making a life out of his passionate commitment to books and bookselling.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Paperback
Color Celadon/Pale green
ReleaseDate 2011-07-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609801397

Country	USA
Brand	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
Binding	Paperback
Color	Celadon/Pale green
ReleaseDate	2011-07-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609801397

Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speechto Buying Local to Building Communities

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