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The Bookshop

A History of the American Bookstore
  • Evan Friss
2024
Viking

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  • Black and white photo of Boston’s Old Corner bookstore (1900).
    Book Review

    Bookselling Out

    “The Bookshop” tells the story of American bookstores in thirteen types. Its true subject is not how bookstore can survive, but how they should be.
    by Dan Sinykin via The Baffler on October 16, 2024
  • Storefront of Nazi-owned "Aryan Book Store" called "Silver Shirt Literature."
    Book Excerpt

    Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

    On Hitler’s attempt to win Americans over to his cause.
    by Evan Friss via Literary Hub on August 21, 2024
  • Bookstore
    Book Review

    Are Bookstores Just a Waste of Space?

    In the online era, brick-and-mortar book retailers have been forced to redefine themselves.
    by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on August 19, 2024
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