Comments on: Save The Bookstore, Save The Community http://booksquare.com/save-the-bookstore-save-the-community/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matilde Marcolli http://booksquare.com/save-the-bookstore-save-the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-172915 Matilde Marcolli Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:13:35 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/02/07/2288/#comment-172915 I am a faculty member at Caltech and our wonderful academic bookstore was closed down three years ago by our administration, without consulting with the faculty. We are still struggling to have it back! I warmly invite all those who care about saving bookstores to help us out by signing our online petition for the reopening of the Caltech bookstore and share it with other like-minded people. Thanks to all who are willing to help! http://www.change.org/petitions/california-institute-of-technology-reopen-the-caltech-bookstore-2 I am a faculty member at Caltech and our wonderful academic bookstore was closed down three years ago by our administration, without consulting with the faculty. We are still struggling to have it back! I warmly invite all those who care about saving bookstores to help us out by signing our online petition for the reopening of the Caltech bookstore and share it with other like-minded people. Thanks to all who are willing to help!

http://www.change.org/petitions/california-institute-of-technology-reopen-the-caltech-bookstore-2

]]> By: Maximum Persuasion http://booksquare.com/save-the-bookstore-save-the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-166171 Maximum Persuasion Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:05:47 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/02/07/2288/#comment-166171 And lets go beyond the bookstore-classy bar combo! What about a SpaRetreat-Boostore combo? Or a DatingPlace-Bookstore combo? Anything to jumpstart the good ole reading fascination! And lets go beyond the bookstore-classy bar combo!

What about a SpaRetreat-Boostore combo? Or a DatingPlace-Bookstore combo?

Anything to jumpstart the good ole reading fascination!

]]> By: SusanGable http://booksquare.com/save-the-bookstore-save-the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-165153 SusanGable Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:57:37 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/02/07/2288/#comment-165153 Ooooo, I love the image of bookstore/classy bar combo. Ooooo, I love the image of bookstore/classy bar combo.

]]> By: Nora Roberts http://booksquare.com/save-the-bookstore-save-the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-165152 Nora Roberts Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:50:32 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/02/07/2288/#comment-165152 As a writer AND as the wife of the owner of an independent bookstore, I agree with everything you said. When my husband opened 12 years ago, his goal was making the store a kind of community center. A place where people could come in, browse books--and interesting sidelines--have coffee, sit, relax. We once had a guy taking a nap on the sofa back in the kid's section--but he bought books. And the kid's section has toys and a little table so the little guys can play while Mom or Dad browse. He offers Story Time once a month, and has a book club that grew from one lovely woman to a dozen people in a few short months. Once a year he holds an opening for local artists. It's a tremendous amount of work, and takes a lot of energy, time and creativity. It takes a hard-working, creative and personable staff. But indies can't offer the same kind of discount on books, nor in most cases the same quantity of books as a chain. So they have to offer something else. As a writer AND as the wife of the owner of an independent bookstore, I agree with everything you said. When my husband opened 12 years ago, his goal was making the store a kind of community center. A place where people could come in, browse books–and interesting sidelines–have coffee, sit, relax. We once had a guy taking a nap on the sofa back in the kid’s section–but he bought books. And the kid’s section has toys and a little table so the little guys can play while Mom or Dad browse. He offers Story Time once a month, and has a book club that grew from one lovely woman to a dozen people in a few short months. Once a year he holds an opening for local artists.

It’s a tremendous amount of work, and takes a lot of energy, time and creativity. It takes a hard-working, creative and personable staff. But indies can’t offer the same kind of discount on books, nor in most cases the same quantity of books as a chain. So they have to offer something else.

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