
The Art of Libromancy
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ONE OF LIT HUB'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023 • ESQUIRE's August 2023 Book Club Pick
"If books are important to you because you're a reader or a writer, then how books are sold should be important to you as well. If it matters to you that your vegetables are organic, your clothes made without child labor, your beer brewed without a culture of misogyny, then it should matter how books are made and sold to you."
With Amazon's growing power in both bookselling and publishing, considering where and how we get our books is more important now than ever. The simple act of putting a book in a reader's hands?what booksellers call handselling?becomes a catalyst for an exploration of the moral, financial, and political pressures all indie bookstores face. From the relationship between bookselling and white supremacy, to censorship and the spread of misinformation, to the consolidation of the publishing industry, veteran bookseller and writer Josh Cook turns a generous yet critical eye to an industry at the heart of American culture, sharing tips and techniques for becoming a better reader and, of course, recommending great books along the way.
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- Intro
- A Reader's Introduction to Bookselling
- Bookselling in the Real World
- The Future of Bookselling Is Booksellers
- On a Moving Train - The Possibility of Progressive Bookselling
- Two Paths for the Independent Bookstore
- Advocacy and Stewardship, Peace and Destiny - Indies Introduce, Faces in the Crowd, and The Haunted Bookshop
- Good Taste Is a Thing You Do - Reclaiming "Good Taste" from Cultural Authoritarianism
- The Indie Brand Paradox
- Sour Cream and Other White Mistakes - Bookselling and the American Dirt Fiasco
- A Sonnet, a Menu, a Place Genre in the Bookstore
- The Least We Can Do White Supremacy, Free Speech, and Independent Bookstores
- How to Read Experimental Works of Literature in Translation (and Other Works You Think Are Too Difficult for You)
- Teammates in the Game of Books - Lessons for Writers from a Writer Who Sells Books
- Tell Me Everything You've Ever Thought and Felt in Thirty Seconds - On Connection, Intuition, and the Art of Handselling
- This Is My Mask - My Bookselling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Copyright
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