- What do you say after you say 'hello'?
[caption id="attachment_1492" align="alignleft" width="132" caption="Book"selling" is really about opening the conversation."][/caption] Stop me if you've heard this one before: “A customer walks into a bookstore ... and leaves empty-han...
- Occupy Amazon.com, We're All Fed Up
With Amazon.com's latest marketing tactic, independent retailers, citizens, and community builders are fed up with the predatory strategies that are legal, but highly unethical.
- The Next Generation & The New Economy
Janet Geddis, a young entrepreneur with a dream, but no capital, finds a way to engage the community and opens an indie bookstore in Athens, Georgia.
- The High Cost of Cheap
Amazon.com's release of the Fire tablet reminds us of the high cost of cheap.
- Ideal Anchors for Community Development
While the 'Shop Local' movement continues to gain momentum, smart commercial real estate developers look to independently owned local bookstores as anchors and valuable tenants.

