| Description |
vii, 200 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"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. In this short book, Jeff Deutsch, the director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago, aims to make the case for the value of spaces devoted to books and the value of the time spent browsing their stacks. It is a defense of serious bookstores, but more importantly it is a paean to the spaces that support them; the experience of readers as they engage with the books, the stacks, and each other; and the particular community created by the presence of such an institution. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a bookseller and his particular experience at Sem Co-op, Deutsch aims, in a series of brief essays, to consider how concepts like space, time, abundance, measure, community, and reverence find expression in a good bookstore, and to show some ways in which the importance of the bookstore is both urgent and enduring."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index. |
| Contents |
The presence of books : an introduction -- Space -- Abundance -- Value -- Community -- Time -- The good bookstore : an epilogue. |
| Subject |
Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Bookstores -- Social aspects.
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Books and reading -- Social aspects.
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Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Inc.
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Deutsch, Jeff, 1975-
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Books and reading -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00836470
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Booksellers and bookselling. (OCoLC)fst00836492
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Essays.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Deutsch, Jeff, 1975- In praise of good bookstores Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022 9780691229669 (DLC) 2021040300 |
| ISBN |
9780691207766 (hardback) |
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0691207763 (hardback) |
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9780691229669 (ebook) |
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