{"product_id":"in-praise-of-good-bookstores","title":"In praise of good bookstores","description":"\"Books, even obscure ones, are readily available online in the age of digital retail. As bookstores attempt to find their identity in a new era, some have survived by selling everything from toys to socks, coffee to stationery. In this short book, Jeff Deutsch, the director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago, aims to make the case for the value of spaces devoted to books and the value of the time spent browsing their stacks. It is a defense of serious bookstores, but more importantly it is a paean to the spaces that support them; the experience of readers as they engage with the books, the stacks, and each other; and the particular community created by the presence of such an institution. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a bookseller and his particular experience at Sem Co-op, Deutsch aims, in a series of brief essays, to consider how concepts like space, time, abundance, measure, community, and reverence find expression in a good bookstore, and to show some ways in which the importance of the bookstore is both urgent and enduring\"--","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9780691207766-001","offer_id":43868502655037,"sku":"9780691207766-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/2064803482434.jpg?v=1792617720","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/in-praise-of-good-bookstores","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}