The yellow-lighted bookshop a memoir, a history

Using his retail experience as a point of departure, Lewis Buzbee gives readers a guided tour of the book business from the ancients to today. As much a history of bookstores as a meditation on the reading life, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop speaks to the book lover in all of us.

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Main Author: Buzbee, Lewis, 1957-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [2008]
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Summary:Using his retail experience as a point of departure, Lewis Buzbee gives readers a guided tour of the book business from the ancients to today. As much a history of bookstores as a meditation on the reading life, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop speaks to the book lover in all of us.
Item Description:Originally published: 2006.
Physical Description:225 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:9781555975104
1555975100
Author Notes:

Lewis Buzbee is a former bookseller and sales representative, and the author of several books, most recently Steinbeck's Ghost . He lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.