This summer I met the author of Rebel Bookseller, Andrew Laties at Word Up Bookshop. Andrew has opened 5 bookstores in the last 30 years. I am so grateful for his support and for encouraging me to take the leap and open La Casa Azul Bookstore.
Read Andrew Laties' Op Ed: Occupy Manhattan Storefronts
Published on November 2, 2011
Article excerpt:
How can indies deploy their strengths and seize the day?
Crowd-sourced funding is a proven winner for indie shops. During the very weeks of St. Mark’s highly publicized campaign to survive, a different company, online-only La Casa Azul Bookstore — a Latino literature bookstore – raised more than $33,000 through crowd-sourcing website IndieGoGo to help launch a new Manhattan storefront next year. The crowd-sourced capital will be amplified by matching gifts and loans.
The momentum of La Casa Azul Bookstore suggests that indie storefronts have a way forward unavailable to chains.Indie shops can — and should — capitalize on their unique positions within their communities.
Full article:
http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/news/2011/11/occupy-manhattan-storefronts/
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GREAT NEWS!
St. Mark’s Bookshop To Remain Open After Reaching Deal With Cooper Union
Published on November 3, 2011
The final chapter has yet to be written about St. Mark’s Bookshop — a fixture in the East Village for over three decades. The independent bookstore had planned to close its doors
due to a rent hike by landlord, Cooper Union, but it received a
reprieve after Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer intervened.
Full article:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/03/st-marks-bookshop-to-remain-open-after-reaching-deal-with-cooper-union/
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