Supporting Independent Bookstores
b'Robert McDonald is the director of special events at The Book Stall in Winnetka, IL, and tell us exactly why supporting independent bookstores \\u2014 and all small businesses, including theater companies! \\u2014 is not only a good but an important idea.\\xa0Featuring changing landscapes; romantic notions of bookstores, and the ways in which those notions are true (and not); ways to pivot; the importance of learning new skills and finding individuality; parental warnings and regrets; who the true essential workers are (aside from the obvious ones); important social niceties; who Bookshop.org is genuinely helping; and finally, how to measure convenience, and how Amazon is really not\\xa0convenient and is probably doing more harm than good. (Length 21:39)'