3. Where the neo-liberal case for http://Amazon.com falls apart: good bookstores are like museums, libraries: community building places
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4.Good bookstores are not just places where books are sold: they actually educate readers and foster relationships.
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5. In Toronto, the best examples of bookstores as sites of education are Beguiling (soon to move) and Pages (RIP).
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6. Pages hosted countless readings, and had a clientele that came out to book launches. When pages closed, that community dispersed.
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7. One publisher told me that a Pages launch guaranteed 500 copies sold of books on urban affairs. Not that audience is unreachable.
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8. Toronto's very strong comics community, running from Seth to
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9. Cultural policy making has to think about infrastructure. And bookstores are part of that infrastructure.
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@english_nerd Well, the French seem to be doing some innovative policy making aimed at preserving/enhancing bookstores.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@english_nerd Not so familiar w/ these policies. Is it similar to Quebec's trying to regulate book prices b/t big boxes & indies?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@lemonyhams @english_nerd Similar to Quebec but more thorough. Amazon.fr not allowed to do deep discounts
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