• 73. Used Bookstores

  • Dec 9 2024
  • Length: 18 mins
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73. Used Bookstores

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  • Summary

  • Americans throw away 320 million books every year. How do some of them find a second life? Zachary Crockett is just browsing.

    • SOURCE:
      • Francisco Hernandez, owner of Leaves bookstore.

    • RESOURCES:
      • "Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores," by Ryan L. Raffaelli (Harvard Business School Working Paper, 2020).
      • Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon (1973).
      • The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (1970).
      • Leaves bookstore.

    • EXTRA:
      • "Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
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