Co-op bookstores: seen any?

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Co-op bookstores: seen any?

1MaureenRoy
Editado: Set 24, 2013, 1:14 pm

When I was in Seattle I saw somewhere a mention of a co-op bookstore, and I thought, what a great idea! Perhaps the co-op business model would withstand commercial pressures better than private ownership has.

In 2012, the United Nations declared that 2012 was the year of co-op enterprises.

Have you heard of any co-op bookstores beyond Seattle, Washington, USA?

2lilithcat
Set 24, 2013, 11:56 pm

Seminary Co-op in Chicago.

3reconditereader
Set 25, 2013, 8:19 pm

Harvard Co-op

4lilithcat
Nov 7, 2020, 11:35 am

Seminary Co-op has converted from a consumer-owned co-operative to a not-for-profit corporation: https://www.semcoop.com/seminary-co-op-not-profit-bookstore

5spiralsheep
Editado: Nov 7, 2020, 11:45 am

I saw a cooperative bookshop up a side street in Malvern, UK, when I visited there on holiday.

6melannen
Nov 9, 2020, 11:18 am

Red Emma's in Baltimore!

7spiralsheep
Nov 15, 2020, 6:25 am

And the locally famous News From Nowhere which I was pleased to discover while on holiday in Liverpool:

https://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk