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Andrew Laties is an American writer and bookseller born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Laties has written for a variety of websites [1] [2] and magazines [3] He also maintains a personal blog. [4]
In 2005 Vox Pop published his IPPY Award-winning [5] book Rebel Bookseller: How To Improvise Your Own Indie Store And Beat Back The Chains. [6] [7] [8] [9] Vox Pop was an independent publisher and a well-known local café in Brooklyn, New York [10] [11] [12] [13] with which Laties was intimately involved. [14] As of September 8, 2010, however, Vox Pop was forced to close its doors. [15]
A second edition entitled Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want to Fight for—from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities came out in July 2011 from Seven Stories Press. [16]
In addition to his writing, Laties has spoken on the current state of independent publishing. [17] Most recently he presented a lecture titled "Indie Bookstores Still Count: What We Can Do For Publishers, and What Publishers Can Do For Us" at the Digital Book World 2011 conference. [18]
Laties is the founding manager of the Eric Carle Museum Bookshop [19] [20] in Amherst, Massachusetts. Previously, in Chicago, Illinois, Laties co-founded The Children's Bookstore (1985–1996), [21] [22] [23] which received the 1987 WNBA Pannell Award for Excellence in Children's Bookselling. [24] He then created The Children's Museum Store (1994–2002). [25]
- Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want To Fight for, from Free Speech To Buying Local To Building Communities (2011) [1]
- ^ Fall of Autumn. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ IndieBookMan. Archived August 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Horn Book, 05-2011. Archived May 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Rebel Bookseller. Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Independent Publisher, 05-2006. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Bookselling This Week, 08-23-2005. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Publishers Weekly, 05-30-2005. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Richmond Indymedia, 04-27-2006. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Wall Street Journal, 05-18-2006. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The New York Times, 04-22-2007. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Village Voice, 03-15-2005. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ CNN, 07-09-2009. Archived March 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ CNN, 07-10-2009. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Village Voice, 05-16-2006. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Brooklyn Ink, 10-07-2010. [usurped] Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ^ "Rebel Bookseller (2011)". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ^ Frugal Marketing. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ "My Day at Digital Book World", 01-26-2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Eric Carle Museum bookshop
- ^ Parents Choice. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Chicago Sun-Times, 1-29-1995. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ USA Today, 8-27-1990. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ INC. Magazine, 10-1-1996. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Women's National Book Association. Archived July 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Chicago Tribune, 7-11-1999. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
| The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (April 2011) |
Andrew Laties is an American writer and bookseller born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Laties has written for a variety of websites [1] [2] and magazines [3] He also maintains a personal blog. [4]
In 2005 Vox Pop published his IPPY Award-winning [5] book Rebel Bookseller: How To Improvise Your Own Indie Store And Beat Back The Chains. [6] [7] [8] [9] Vox Pop was an independent publisher and a well-known local café in Brooklyn, New York [10] [11] [12] [13] with which Laties was intimately involved. [14] As of September 8, 2010, however, Vox Pop was forced to close its doors. [15]
A second edition entitled Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want to Fight for—from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities came out in July 2011 from Seven Stories Press. [16]
In addition to his writing, Laties has spoken on the current state of independent publishing. [17] Most recently he presented a lecture titled "Indie Bookstores Still Count: What We Can Do For Publishers, and What Publishers Can Do For Us" at the Digital Book World 2011 conference. [18]
Laties is the founding manager of the Eric Carle Museum Bookshop [19] [20] in Amherst, Massachusetts. Previously, in Chicago, Illinois, Laties co-founded The Children's Bookstore (1985–1996), [21] [22] [23] which received the 1987 WNBA Pannell Award for Excellence in Children's Bookselling. [24] He then created The Children's Museum Store (1994–2002). [25]
- Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want To Fight for, from Free Speech To Buying Local To Building Communities (2011) [1]
- ^ Fall of Autumn. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ IndieBookMan. Archived August 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Horn Book, 05-2011. Archived May 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Rebel Bookseller. Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Independent Publisher, 05-2006. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Bookselling This Week, 08-23-2005. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Publishers Weekly, 05-30-2005. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Richmond Indymedia, 04-27-2006. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Wall Street Journal, 05-18-2006. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The New York Times, 04-22-2007. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Village Voice, 03-15-2005. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ CNN, 07-09-2009. Archived March 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ CNN, 07-10-2009. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ The Village Voice, 05-16-2006. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Brooklyn Ink, 10-07-2010. [usurped] Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ^ "Rebel Bookseller (2011)". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ^ Frugal Marketing. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ "My Day at Digital Book World", 01-26-2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Eric Carle Museum bookshop
- ^ Parents Choice. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Chicago Sun-Times, 1-29-1995. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ USA Today, 8-27-1990. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ INC. Magazine, 10-1-1996. Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Women's National Book Association. Archived July 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 04-30-2011.
- ^ Chicago Tribune, 7-11-1999. Retrieved 04-30-2011.