Bookstores have obvious indicators of success. The business is in the black, new customers walk through the doors, regular customers return, and events are well attended. In this session, booksellers examine what other measurements of success exist outside systemic measurements. What are benchmarks of success that are not part of a traditional capitalist understanding of measuring success?

Files & Links

• Slide Deck

Speakers

• Erica Tso Haidas, Belonging Books - Brewster, MA
• Rebekah Shoaf, Boogie Down Books - Bronx, NY
• Bunnie Hilliard, Brave + Kind Bookshop - Decatur, GA
• Hannah Oliver Depp, Loyalty Bookstores - Washington, DC

Recorded June 11, 2024 at Children's Institute 2024 in New Orleans, LA

Additional bookstore education resources can be found at www.bookweb.org.

Theme song by Constant Companion