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Karen Houlding's avatar

I can't think of any books about bookshops that I've read, but a favorite independent bookshop is "Browsers" in downtown Olympia! It's a cozy, friendly shop that has a dedicated section to nature books that my dear friend & I love to browse. Highly recommended!

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Anne Butera's avatar

I worked in a bookstore once, too. I can totally believe the dynamic you're describing. Mine was a part-time job and I was terrible at selling their memberships (which we were pushed to do). Also, having been a librarian for years, selling books was a little foreign to me. But I do love going to bookstores, especially used bookstores filled with all sorts of treasures.

I enjoyed Louise Erdrich's book The Sentence, Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley and South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber. All very different stories of people working in bookstores.

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