The independent bookstore boom continues. Even as industry sales were slow in 2023, membership in the American Booksellers Association expanded strongly. It now stands at 2,433, more than 200 over the previous year and nearly double since 2016, when membership rules were looser.
This image released by White Rose Books & More shows bookstore owners Tania Galiñanes, left, and Erin Decker outside their shop in Kissimmee, Fla. on Nov. 4, 2023. Various challenged books, including “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews, second left, are displayed at the White Rose Books & More bookstore in Kissimmee, Fla. on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Various challenged books are surrounded by caution tape at the White Rose Books & More bookstore in Kissimmee, Fla.
“I’m not a person who dreamed of opening a bookstore. I didn’t want to be anybody’s boss,” Johnson says. “But I saw a need and I had to fill it.” Independent bookselling has never been dependably profitable, and Hill notes various concerns — rising costs, dwindling aid from the pandemic and the ongoing force of Amazon.com, which remains the industry’s dominate retailer even after the e-book market stalled a decade ago. Last month, the booksellers association filed a motion with the Federal Trade Commission, seeking to join the antitrust suit against Amazon that the FTC announced in 2023.
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