Ep. 59: The business of books ft. Andy Hunter of Bookshop.org
This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Andy Hunter, the founder and CEO of bookshop.org, an online bookshop with a mission to financially support local, independent bookshops.
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Bookshop
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Andy and Bookshop
02:08 Press Publish NYC
06:26 Introducing e-books on Bookshop
08:00 Aligning against big tech
11:36 Best performing genres on Bookshop
14:12 The catalyst for Bookshop's impressive growth
15:52 Rejecting investment to maintain the company's mission
19:51 Support bookstores, not billionaires
28:03 Innovating the e-reader
35:00 Bookshop's impact on local book stores
37:25 AI vs human book recommendations
46:42 Taking the Bookshop model beyond books
53:40 The value of physical books
57:40 Current reads
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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
