ADADNow, indie bookstores everywhere, confronted with the twin threats of Amazon and covid-19, are struggling to survive. One emerging player is Bookshop.org, an online marketplace founded by former publisher Andy Hunter to support indie bookstores and challenge Amazon’s market dominance. And a host of GoFundMe campaigns have taken off to support indie bookstores across the country. These efforts, big and small, remind us of the importance of indie bookstores, and of the ingenuity that has kept them going (and even growing) through economic recession and corporate domination. ADADSo much has changed during this crisis, but indie bookstores have remained an essential service, whether they were deemed so or not.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2020 12:00 UTC