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It Takes a Village Books: 35 Years of Building Community, 1 Book at a Time

by Chuck E. Robinson

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A bookstore’s story, rooted in community

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A bookstore’s story, rooted in community

Chuck E. Robinson’s account traces a bookstore from its founding idea to its place in community life, across thirty-five years of publishing and bookselling in the United States and abroad. The narrative brings together the business’s history, encounters with public figures and authors, and episodes involving censorship and privacy. It also looks toward the future of books and bookstores. Woven through that professional history is a personal account of two people who made bookselling their life’s work, linking the fortunes of one shop with the people and debates surrounding it.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in independent bookselling and publishing history
  • Those curious about the role of a bookstore in community life
  • Readers of personal business biographies involving censorship and privacy issues

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Bookselling and publishingCommunity and local businessCensorship and privacyPersonal vocation

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Book overview

It Takes a Village Books is the story of an idea that became a bookstore and a bookstore that became a central part of the community. The book chronicles thirty-five years of the publishing and bookselling business-both here and abroad. It recounts some local and national censorship and privacy incidents, and offers a glimpse into the future of the book and bookstores. Along the way you'll meet four U.S. Presidents, a U.K. Prime Minister, dozens of authors, and quite a few interesting booksellers. It's also a personal story of two people who found their passion and turned it into a life.
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