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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 5, 2016
Beijing’s censorship crackdown on bookstores is being extended to Hong Kong’s airport. India Today looks at six must-see bookstores from across India. Take a look inside 2nd & Charles, the rapidly…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • January 12, 2016
If you ever wanted to own one of the nation’s oldest bookstores, now’s your chance. Otto Bookstore in Williamsport, Pennsylvania has been operating since 1841, but the 81-year-old proprietor is in…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 22, 2015
James Patterson is giving away $2,000,000 in holiday bonuses to bookstore workers and libraries. An adults-only sex shop in Anchorage, Alaska is getting remade into an indie bookstore. Philadelphia’s Hakim’s…
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The Rumpus Interview with Jamie Kornegay

  • Ania Payne
  • April 3, 2015
Novelist Jamie Kornegay talks about his debut, Soil, life in Mississippi, writing humor effectively, and the geography of isolation.
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Summer Reading List

  • Sarah Edwards
  • July 7, 2014
If you’re looking for independent bookstores to visit on your Southern road trip—or, in the absence of a road trip, want to know what Southern booksellers are reading this summer—then…
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Indie Bookstores Win Amazon/Hachette War

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 25, 2014
The ongoing battle between Amazon and Hachette has been a boon for independent booksellers. Hachette’s refusal to capitulate to Amazon’s demands has meant that big-name books, like J.K. Rowling’s latest mystery…
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Wimpy Bookstore with Strong Ideas

  • Mary Allen
  • June 23, 2014
How does a child experience a book? It’s such a different experience reading on a tablet or a smartphone. A physical book has a heft, a permanence that you don’t…
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Should We Fight to Save the Indie Bookstore? (Yes).

  • Sam Riley
  • September 12, 2011
Book Bench blogger, Macy Halford is lamenting the downfall of the indie bookstore. Much like the decimation of the video store, there’s a bunch of romance and nostalgia tied up…
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