California Bookstores reviews independent booksellers’ current relationship between passion and profit in the context of challenges faced by the modern bookstore. Based on interviews from nine booksellers in California, the findings demonstrate strong ties between passion and profit. Independent booksellers dedicate capacity for resilience, dedication to core values such as responsibility to the store community and the community at large, and skilled use of retailer tools such as merchandising to promote their values while gathering profit.
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