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Deutsch, Jeff, 1975- author.
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Deutsch, Jeff, 1975-
Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Inc.
Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Bookstores -- Social aspects.
Books and reading -- Social aspects.
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In praise of good bo...
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In praise of good bookstores / Jeff Deutsch.
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Deutsch, Jeff, 1975- author.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Subjects
Deutsch, Jeff, 1975-
Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Inc.
Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Bookstores -- Social aspects.
Books and reading -- Social aspects.
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9780691207766 (hardcover)
0691207763 (hardcover)
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vii, 200 pages ; 22 cm
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The presence of books : an introduction -- Space -- Abundance -- Value -- Community -- Time -- The good bookstore : an epilogue.
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"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.
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