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Evolve or Die: Why Reinvent Independent Bookstores?

Praveen Madan | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Business, Book Industry, Reinvention, Independent Booksellers, Booksmith, Charles Darwin, Independent Bookstores, Walmart, Target, Bookstores, Bookselling, San Francisco, Books, Books News
Praveen Madan

We believe that independent bookstores can have a great future and we are betting our careers on it.

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Why All the Fuss About "Independent" Bookstores?

Praveen Madan | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Bookselling, Local Bookstores, Booksmith, Independent Media, Independent Bookstores, Books, Inside DC, Books News
Praveen Madan

We started writing this week about why independent bookstores have to reinvent themselves, but then it occurred to us that we ought to step back and first discuss what an independent bookstore is.

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Why Did We Quit Our Cushy Corporate Jobs to Reinvent Independent Bookselling?

Praveen Madan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Bookselling, Local Bookstores, Independent Bookstores, Entrepreneurship, Books, Bookstores, Booksmith, Books News
Praveen Madan

"You did what?" is the typical response when we tell our friends that we quit our cushy corporate jobs and bought an independent bookstore in the heart of San Francisco.

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