Rebel Bookseller Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities |
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| Author:
| Laties, Andrew |
| Introduction by:
| Morrow, Ed |
| Afterword by:
| Ayers, Bill |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60980-139-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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The revival of independent bookselling has already begun. First published six years ago to spark a movement, this revised edition is a rallying cry for anyone who wants to better understand how the rise of the big bookstore chains irrevocable let to their decline and how even in the face of electronic readers from three of the largest companies - Apple, Amazon and Google - the movement to support locally owned independent stores, especially bookstores, is on the rise.
The revival of independent bookselling has already begun. First published six years ago to spark a movement, this revised edition is a rallying cry for anyone who wants to better understand how the rise of the big bookstore chains irrevocable let to their decline and how even in the face of electronic readers from three of the largest companies - Apple, Amazon and Google - the movement to support locally owned independent stores, especially bookstores, is on the rise.