Rebel Bookseller : Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities

by Laties, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780975276341
• ISBN10: 0975276344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-15
• Publisher: Drench Kiss Media Corp

Table of Contents

Prefatory Note	11	(2)
Introduction	13	(10)
Prelude: Meet the Author	23	(8)
1st Rant: Death Energy	31	(8)
Breaking the Ice	35	(4)
2nd Rant: Thousands of Bosses	39	(12)
Opening Minds	43	(8)
3rd Rant: Steal This Technique	51	(16)
Becoming the Bookstore	55	(12)
4th Rant: Damned Benchmarks	67	(36)
Grabbing Shorts	75	(28)
5th Rant: Make It Up	103	(22)
Symbiotic Solution	109	(16)
6th Rant: He Who Cannot, Teaches	125	(12)
Trading Places	127	(10)
7th Rant: Puke Apotheosis	137	(20)
The Conquest of Chicago	143	(14)
8th Rant: What's Selling	157	(36)
Debtors Prison	163	(30)
9th Rant: Publish, Perish	193	(28)
Paying the Price	205	(16)
10th Rant: Selling High	221	(18)
Giveback Time	229	(10)
Appendix: Showcasing Your Store	239	(24)
Acknowledgments	263	(2)
Notes and Sources	265	(37)
Bibliography	302	(5)
Index	307