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Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities - Community Reviews back

by Andrew Laties
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localcharacter
localcharacter rated it 13 years ago
There are three things going on in this book.1) There's Andy Laties' memoir of his education and experience in the book selling biz, which is entertainingly told but not of any independent interest (I would never have heard of him without this book). Seems like a nice guy, if a bit hyper.2) There's ...
Boxes of Paper
Boxes of Paper rated it 13 years ago
I think I should add "Rebel Bookseller" to my business cards. I'm more serious that you might think. It's long been a philosophy of mine that a book being on a bestseller list is a mark against my reading it. Not because of some "I'm better than the masses" snobbery, but simply because it doesn't ne...
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it 13 years ago
Number five book for 2011I loved this book!! I have been a bookseller for 22+ years and it is not just a job to me, it is my career! I remember when Big&Nasty came to our town & killed our wonderful indie store. People had no idea what they had lost until it was gone. I remember when I worked fo...
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it 13 years ago
Number five book for 2011I loved this book!! I have been a bookseller for 22+ years and it is not just a job to me, it is my career! I remember when Big&Nasty came to our town & killed our wonderful indie store. People had no idea what they had lost until it was gone. I remember when I worked fo...
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