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• The Bookshop

  a History of the American Bookstore

  Friss, Evan

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  From Bibliocommons: "An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Katie Mitchell Presents Prose to the People

  a Celebration of Black Bookstores

  Mitchell, Katie (Katherine Anne)

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  From Bibliocommons: "A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores, featuring a selection of shops around the country alongside essays that celebrate the history, community, activism, and culture these spaces embody, with an original foreword by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Footnotes From the World's Greatest Bookstores

  Eckstein, Bob

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  From Google Books: "This collection of 75 evocative paintings and colorful anecdotes invites you into the heart and soul of every community: the local bookshop, each with its own quirks, charms, and legendary stories. The book features an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bookstore Cats

  Schultz, Brandon

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  This is a book of photos of cats in bookstores! What more could we ask for?

• In Praise of Good Bookstores

  Deutsch, Jeff, 1975-

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  From Bibliocommons: "Books, even obscure ones, are readily available online in the age of digital retail. As bookstores attempt to find their identity in a new era, some have survived by selling everything from toys to socks, coffee to stationery.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

  Bythell, Shaun

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  From Bibliocommons: "A wickedly witty field guide to bookstore customers from the Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover) to the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare. It does take all kinds. If you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Bookstore

  Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop

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  From Bibliocommons: "My Bookstore collects the essays, stories, odes and words of gratitude and praise for stores across the country in 81 pieces written by our most beloved authors. It's a joyful, industry-wide celebration of our bricks-and-mortar…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reading the Room

  a Bookseller's Tale

  Yamazaki, Paul

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  From Bibliocommons: "Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind. Over twenty-four hours, Paul Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shelf Life

  Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

  Wassef, Nadia

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  From Bibliocommons: "The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"--

• Bibliophile

  An Illustrated Miscellany

  Mount, Jane

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  This book has sections dedicated to "Beloved Bookstores" and "writer-owned bookstores."