Welcome to the Neighborhood: Indies Settle In
Shelf Awareness
San Francisco's 24th Street is emerging as a "bookstore corridor," where at least a half-dozen booksellers have located in a neighborhood that extends from Potrero Avenue to Valencia Street from 16th and Valencia streets, the Portrero View reported.A spokesperson for Christopher's Books, located on Portrero Hill's North Slope, considers the nearby cluster of bookstores as a positive sign: "We think it's great that there are new bookstores cropping up in San Francisco, and we warmly welcome them into the larger community. I wouldn't say that we see them as competitors, but rather as allies against Amazon. In a situation where a customer needs a particular book that we don't have in stock and he or she can't wait the one or two days it takes us to order and receive it, we'd much rather send a customer to a local store than have them buy it online. Hopefully the establishment of this book corridor suggests a modest reemergence of independent bookstores and the values they represent, and if anything the trend on 24th Street is proof that people still appreciate the interaction that only brick-and-mortar establishments can provide."
On the Road: Bookseller Photo Ops
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| The last stop on Weiss's tour: Books & Books, Coral Gables, Fla. | |
Total Miles Driven: 18,821
Indie Bookstores Photographed: 49
States visited: 48
Months on the road: 3+
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