The art of libromancy : on selling books and reading books in the twenty-first century

9781771965415
177196541X

First Edition

300 pages ; 21 cm

On selling books and reading books in the twenty-first century

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-300)

A reader's introduction to bookselling
Bookselling in the real worls
The future of bookselling is booksellers
On a moving train: the possibility of progressive bookselling
Two paths for the independent bookstore
Advocacy and stewardship, peace and destiny: indies introduce, Faces in the crowd, and The haunted bookshop
Good taste is a thing you do: reclaiming "good taste" from cultural authoritarianism
The indie brand paradox
Sour cream and other white mistakes: bookselling the American dirt fiasco
A sonnet, a menu, a place: genre in the bookstore
The least we can do: white supremacy, free speech, and independent bookstores
How to read experimental works of literature in translation (and other works you think are too difficult for you)
Teammates in the game of books: lessons for writers from a writer who sells books
Tell me everything you've ever thought and felt in thirty seconds: on connection, intuition, and the art of handselling
This is my mask: my bookselling during the COVID-19 pandemic

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