Independent bookstore
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An independent bookstore is a retail
Social role
Author events at independent bookstores sometimes take the role of literary salons[2] and independents historically supported new authors and independent presses.[3]
U.S. decline and renaissance
For most of the 20th century, almost all bookstores in the United States were independent. In the 1950s, automobiles and suburban
By the 1990s, these competitive pressures had put independent bookstores under considerable financial pressure
In the 2000s,
According to the
In 2023, it is announced that about 17 businesses will be donating their sales to help Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, Vermont and 'Next Chapter Bookstore' in Barre. That includes Bennington Bookshop, Bennington, The Book Nook, Ludlow, Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, and Rootstock Publishing, Montpelier.[17]
Portrayal in film
Two documentary films, Indies Under Fire (2006) and Paperback Dreams (2008), explore the difficulties faced by U.S. independent bookstores in the new economy.[citation needed]
The competition between chain and independent retailers was fictionalized in the 1998 film You've Got Mail.
See also
- Bookselling
- Feminist bookstore
- Religious bookstore
- Book store shoplifting
References
- ^ "American Booksellers Association". Bookweb.org. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ Bookstores are bestsellers – independent bookseller Chapters: A Literary Bookstore is successful – includes related article on starting a bookstore
- ^ "North Carolina authors support independent bookstore". Chathamjournal.com. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ "Smaller Bookstores End Court Struggle Against Two Chains". New York Times. April 20, 2001. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ "Light in Oxford: How the vision of one independent bookseller has revitalized the heart of Faulkner's Mississippi". Motherjones.com. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ Babwin, Don (October 9, 2006). "Independent bookstores fighting chains, Internet to stay open". USA Today. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ Time Running Out For Printers Inc.
- ^ Palo Alto Printers Inc. to close
- ^ MOUNTAIN VIEW / Books Inc. takes over Printers Inc. location
- ^ Saving a bookstore
- ^ "Clean Well-Lighted Place dimming its lights for good". San Francisco Chronicle. July 19, 2006. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ LAVoice.org (May 7, 2004). "Great Loss – Midnight Special Bookstore to Close for Good". Lavoice.org. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ "Dutton's bids loyal customers farewell". Los Angeles Times. March 31, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- Boston Globe. December 1, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Why The Number Of Independent Bookstores Increased During The 'Retail Apocalypse'
- ^ Bookstores escape from jaws of irrelevance
- ^ Kang, Alice (2023-07-25). "Bookstores helping bookstores impacted by historic floods". WPTZ. Retrieved 2023-07-28.