In Sunwise Turn: A Human Comedy of Bookselling, Madge Jenison reflects on the development of her modernized bookstore in the early twentieth century, noting, "The only way we get at other human beings is through ideas, and where ideas are current something unlocks...
Laurence Roth | Feb 20, 2015
Everyone hopes that one day they can make a living from their passions. Chuck Rozanski, founder and owner of Mile High Comics, made his dream a reality. While the comic book industry doesn’t seem very lucrative, Rozanski shares and spreads his passion for comic...
Laurence Roth | Feb 17, 2015
Powell's Bookstores on Dipity. What becomes apparent when multiple bookstores are studied, rising and falling, is that there is much to be said for the strategies employed, and the philosophies followed, by booksellers, rather than a reliance on tradition or...
Laurence Roth | Feb 16, 2015