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Inside Indie Bookstores: Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon

by Jeremiah Chamberlin

The Practical Writer

March/April 2010

In the second installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to Portland, Oregon to talk with Michael Powell, owner of Powell’s Books.

Inside Indie Bookstores: Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi

by Jeremiah Chamberlin

The Practical Writer

January/February 2010

In the inaugural installment of Inside Indie Bookstores, a new series of interviews with the entrepreneurs who represent the last link in the chain that connects writers with their intended audience, Jeremiah Chamberlin talks with Richard Howorth about his initial vision for Square Books, how a bookstore can stay relevant in the twenty-first century, and the future of independent bookselling.

An Interview With Poet and Independent Bookseller J. W. Marshall

by Lisa Albers

Direct Quote

For more than twenty years, J. W. Marshall has been recommending poetry to his customers while writing it himself. He and his wife, poet Christine Deavel, own Seattle's Open Books: A Poem Emporium, one of only a couple bookstores in the United States devoted exclusively to poetry and a fixture in the city’s literary community.

Indie Bookstores Face Uphill Battle

by Kevin Smokler

News and Trends

November/December 2006

When fiction writer Barry Eisler heard last summer that Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, California, would close after fifty years in business, his first reaction was a loud expletive. His second was an e-mail to owner Clark Kepler with an offer to help. "I used to see those big author photos in the window…and I was working on what would become my first novel," says Eisler, the author of the Jain Rain series of thrillers. "My fantasies of literary success were all based on doing book signings at Kepler's."