In their 2022 annual report, The American Booksellers Association said the year was one of “incredible growth” for independent bookstores. However bookstores are still facing big threats–from soaring rents to politically motivated attacks both online and in person. They are fighting against book bans and Amazon’s low prices. A book store’s resilience, adaptability and customer loyalty are just as important now than they have ever been. 

To explain the plight of bookstores and uplift the successes, Danny Caine joins host Jade Iseri-Ramos on today’s A Public Affair. Danny is the author of the recently published book How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling. WORT’s Diego Alegría also joins to show to ask for listener sponsors.

Danny will be speaking at A Room of One’s Own (which is featured in the book) next Wednesday, October 4th at 6pm.

Danny Caine is the author of the poetry collections Continental Breakfast, El Dorado Freddy’s, ​Flavortown, and Picture Window, as well as the book How to Resist Amazon and Why. The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association awarded him the 2019 Midwest Bookseller of the Year award. He’s a co-owner of the Raven Book Store, Publishers Weekly‘s 2022 bookstore of the year. .

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