Independent Bookstores

4 Reasons Why Independent Bookstores Are Thriving

Jessica Hullinger | September 1, 2015

BookCourt, a family-owned bookstore in Brooklyn's Cobble Hill neighborhood, has been in the same location for 34 years, longer than most residents. It's also probably longer than anyone predicted, because a few blocks down, a Barnes & Noble looms on the corner.

                          Source: http://www.nycgo.com/venues/bookcourt                         

Inside BookCourt, however, business is bustling. Customers inquire about titles they're searching for. Kids quietly play in the children's section. "Are you hiring?" one girl asks the clerk.

<more at http://theweek.com/articles/573874/4-reasons-why-independent-bookstores-are-thriving; related links: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/64252-don-t-ask.html (How Bookstores Survive in the Age of Amazon. A bookseller tires of being asked how his store survives in the Amazon age. October 3, 2014) and http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/15/indie-bookstores-are-finally-not-dying.html (Indie Bookstores Are Finally Not Dying. May 15, 2015)>