Rebel Bookseller (Revised and Updated) by Andrew Laities

Rebel Bookseller (Revised and Updated) by Andrew Laities

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, Laties'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 America's largest and most successful companies--Apple, Amazon, and Google--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 man's story of making a life out of his passionate commitment to books and bookselling.

Laties, Andrew: - ANDREW LATIES is the founder of Easton Book Festival and co-owner of Book & Puppet Company, an indie bookstore with a puppet theater. Laties has created seven bookselling companies in the past 35 years. He shared the Women's National Book Association's Pannell Award for his innovative community outreach work at The Children's Bookstore in Chicago. He holds a Masters degree from the School of Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University.

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ISBN 13	9781609801397
ISBN 10	1609801393
Title	Rebel Bookseller (Revised and Updated)
Author	Andrew Laities
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Year published	2011-07-19
Number of pages	336
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