Americans throw away 320 million books every year. How do some of them find a second life? Zachary Crockett is just browsing.  <ul><li>SOURCE:<ul><li>Francisco Hernandez, owner of Leaves bookstore.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>"<a href="https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/20-068_c19963e7-506c-479a-beb4-bb339cd293ee.pdf">Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores</a>," by Ryan L. Raffaelli (Harvard Business School Working Paper, 2020).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/41m3a7u">Gravity's Rainbow</a>, by Thomas Pynchon (1973).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4f7wstK">The Bluest Eye</a>, by Toni Morrison (1970).</li><li><a href="https://www.leavesbookstore.com/">Leaves bookstore</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRA:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/dying-is-easy-retail-is-hard/">Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard</a>," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).</li></ul></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Americans throw away 320 million books every year. How do some of them find a second life? Zachary Crockett is just browsing. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOURCE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Francisco Hernandez, owner of Leaves bookstore.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RESOURCES:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;"&lt;a href="https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/20-068_c19963e7-506c-479a-beb4-bb339cd293ee.pdf"&gt;Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores&lt;/a&gt;," by Ryan L. Raffaelli (&lt;i&gt;Harvard Business School Working Paper, &lt;/i&gt;2020).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/41m3a7u"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gravity's Rainbow&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;, &lt;/i&gt;by Thomas Pynchon (1973).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4f7wstK"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Bluest Eye&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;, &lt;/i&gt;by Toni Morrison (1970).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.leavesbookstore.com/"&gt;Leaves bookstore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EXTRA:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;"&lt;a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/dying-is-easy-retail-is-hard/"&gt;Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard&lt;/a&gt;," by &lt;i&gt;Freakonomics Radio &lt;/i&gt;(2024).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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The Economics of Everyday Things

73. Used Bookstores

73. Used Bookstores

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