By Andrew Laties
2006 Independent Publisher Award Winner
"Rebel Bookseller" aims to spark a grassroots revival of community bookselling by challenging aspiring entrepreneurs to improvise the wildly imaginative indie stores of tomorrow.
"Rebel Bookseller" includes:
. Inside history of the book industry
. Humorous tales and sharp-tongued jibes
. Three Rough Rules of Rebel Bookselling
Author Andrew Laties squeezes over 20 years of bookselling and business experience into 320 pages. His entertaining yet highly informative method of storytelling will appeal to those with the entrepreneurial spirit.
"Rebel Bookseller" also takes a macroscopic look at American life: What does the average man or woman face if he or she strives to live the American dream? What will neighborhoods and our lives look like in the future, as corporations merge? How have individuality, our voices, and our freedom been affected by corporate expansion? "Rebel Bookseller" raises many questions about where our culture is now and where it is headed.
"A legendary...bookseller, pioneer of bookstore as community resource."
- Inc. Magazine
"Everything you always wanted to know about the book business but were afraid to ask. Even I, after 40 years writing, found this an eye-opener. Publishing, bookselling, 'should I open my own bookstore' it's all in this entertaining, biting book."
- Eric Carle, author, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
"I enjoyed it tremendously, for its energy and enthusiasm and sheer practical business sense."
- Leigh Hafrey, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of "The Story of Success: Five Steps to Mastering Ethics in Business."
"Rebel Bookseller: How to Improvise Your Own Indie Store and Beat Back the Chains"
ISBN: 0-9752763-4-4; $14.95