How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling — Community Infrastructure
What disappears when a bookstore closes besides a place to buy books?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling by Danny Caine as our lens, this Deep Dive investigates bookstores as parts of larger cultural, economic, and community systems.
Through profiles of twelve bookstores, Caine examines the work these institutions perform beyond ordinary retail: connecting readers with books, creating gathering spaces, employing skilled booksellers, supporting neighborhood commerce…
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