Back in the 90's I worked customer service at PGW. I spoke with bookstores all over the country, and later, as my job advanced, more exclusively with publishers. I enjoyed the same understanding of the culture as you record here. Independent bookstores were rocks of individualism and freedom then. So independent that they came off as ass…
Back in the 90's I worked customer service at PGW. I spoke with bookstores all over the country, and later, as my job advanced, more exclusively with publishers. I enjoyed the same understanding of the culture as you record here. Independent bookstores were rocks of individualism and freedom then. So independent that they came off as assholes fwiw. Maybe they'd give more or less shelf space to accommodate the local market... but push concepts? Remove books from the shelf for ideology? Not. On. Your Life.
So here's what I consider obvious. The Wokeism inculcated in academia hit hardest and fastest in the book industry. Add on plenty of "inspiration" from globalist ICs and presto, the ABA is an easy conscript into the Woke army.
I likely used words here that trigger reactions. I pray all of us can see past those inane responses.
Back in the 90's I worked customer service at PGW. I spoke with bookstores all over the country, and later, as my job advanced, more exclusively with publishers. I enjoyed the same understanding of the culture as you record here. Independent bookstores were rocks of individualism and freedom then. So independent that they came off as assholes fwiw. Maybe they'd give more or less shelf space to accommodate the local market... but push concepts? Remove books from the shelf for ideology? Not. On. Your Life.
So here's what I consider obvious. The Wokeism inculcated in academia hit hardest and fastest in the book industry. Add on plenty of "inspiration" from globalist ICs and presto, the ABA is an easy conscript into the Woke army.
I likely used words here that trigger reactions. I pray all of us can see past those inane responses.
Fahrenheit 451 is closer than you think.