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How to protect bookstores and why : the present and future of bookselling

Summary: "As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and the sources of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, bookstores have the capacity to save the world. Therefore, we need to protect them and the critical roles they fill in our communities. Danny Caine makes a compelling case for the power of small, local businesses in this thoughtful examination of the dynamic world of bookstores"--

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ISBN: 9781648411632 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 222 pages ; 18 cm
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Publisher: Portland : Microcosm Publishing, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: looking for answers -- Chapter 1: "Layers of community": Birchbark books & native arts, Minneapolis, MN -- Chapter 2: "We just figure out how to make it work": Avid bookshop, Athens, GA -- Chapter 3: "Opening the doors more": A room of one's own, Madison, WI -- Chapter 4: "This accumulation of histories": Shakespeare and company, Paris, FR -- Chapter 5: "How to turn information into a weapon in the fight for a better world": Red Emma's bookstore coffeehouse, Baltimore, MD -- Chapter 6: "A new battle every year": Bookends & beginnings, Evanston, IL -- Chapter 7: "Can't revolutionize from a U-Haul truck": Semicolon bookstore & gallery, Chicago, IL -- Chapter 8: "I can't pretend we're neutral anymore": Moon Palace books, Minneapolis, MN -- Chapter 9: "Nothing of any value has come from a place like this": Two dollar radio headquarters, Columbus, OH and Biblioasis bookshop, Windsor, ON -- Chapter 10: "You cannot dream your way out of things alone": Loyalty bookstores, Washington, DC -- Chapter 11: "The community is people": Source booksellers, Detroit, MI -- Conclusion: Finding more questions.