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Guest Post: Modern Indie Bookselling with Josh Cook

Book Riot - The Podcast

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4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca are out this week, wrapping up the last bits of summer vacation, so we are dropping Jeff's recent interview on First Edition with Josh Cook into the feed. On the occasion of his new book, The Art of Libromancy: Selling Books and Reading Books in the 21st Century, Josh Cook of Porter Square books joins Jeff for a conversation about modern indie bookselling. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack. Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. Discussed in this episode: Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram. And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you! Email First Edition at firstedition@bookriot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:27.7

Hey listeners, it's Rebecca here Jeff is out this week and we are all

0:36.5

wrapping up the last bits of summer vacation so instead of a new news

0:41.7

episode here in the dog days of summer where news is slow, we are dropping in Jeff's a recent interview from his first edition podcast with Josh Cook, a bookseller at Porter Square Books,

0:53.0

and the author of the new essay collection,

0:55.0

The Art of Leibromancy.

0:56.6

We think you'll love it.

0:57.4

It's a fascinating conversation

0:59.0

all about the current state of independent book selling.

1:01.6

So listen on and be sure to follow first edition wherever you get your

1:05.1

podcast to stay up to date with that show as well. We'll be back in your ears next week with

1:09.4

more fresh news. Have a great one. Today on the show, Bookseller Extraordinair Josh Cook of Porter Square books in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1:22.0

His new book is called The Art of Libermancy on selling books and reading books in the 21st century.

1:27.0

That book is out now.

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