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In praise of good bookstores / Jeff Deutsch.
LIBRA Z473 .D48 2022
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection Z473 .D48 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deutsch, Jeff, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Inc.
- Deutsch, Jeff, 1975-.
- Deutsch, Jeff.
- Booksellers and bookselling--United States--History--20th century.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Booksellers and bookselling--United States--History--21st century.
- Bookstores--Social aspects.
- Bookstores.
- Books and reading--Social aspects.
- Books and reading.
- United States.
- Genre:
- essays.
- Essays.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 200 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Books, even obscure ones, are readily available online in the age of digital retail. As bookstores attempt to find their identity in a new era, some have survived by selling everything from toys to socks, coffee to stationery. In this short book, Jeff Deutsch, the director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago, aims to make the case for the value of spaces devoted to books and the value of the time spent browsing their stacks. It is a defense of serious bookstores, but more importantly it is a paean to the spaces that support them; the experience of readers as they engage with the books, the stacks, and each other; and the particular community created by the presence of such an institution. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a bookseller and his particular experience at Sem Co-op, Deutsch aims, in a series of brief essays, to consider how concepts like space, time, abundance, measure, community, and reverence find expression in a good bookstore, and to show some ways in which the importance of the bookstore is both urgent and enduring"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Space
- ch. Two Abundance
- ch. Three Value
- ch. Four Community
- ch. Five Time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Deutsch, Jeff, 1975- In praise of good bookstores
- ISBN:
- 9780691207766
- 0691207763
- OCLC:
- 1267403106
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