Co-owner/bookseller for Porter Square Books. Opinions mine own (See @PorterSqBooks for official PSB stuff.) Author of the chapbook, The Least We Can Do He/him
Somerville, MA
Joined March 2011
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Planning to delete this account shortly, which is a real bummer. Whenever anyone whines about the "liberal media" remind them rich conservatives will just buy whatever pisses them off and wreck it. Find me @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social & joshthelibromancer on the grams
Got a thing I'd like to give to one of you so you can be less here and more elsewhere. DM if ya want
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"To Poe, solving the mystery was almost besides the point. People being totally weird as fuck was the real game."
Thanks @InOrderOfImport for shouting out @sklimnagem's MARGARET AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING BODY in this month's newsletter tinyletter.com/JoshCook1
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"Every book is a decision."@InOrderOfImport on how booksellers curate their shelves
Also: "You've got to read a shit-ton of books to be a really good bookseller."
"The Art of Libromancy" @WritersBone @danielfford @PorterSqBooks #amreading #amwriting
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"If bookstores really lean into the ideas of community building, however it fits for their store, they can grow and sell more books." @InOrderOfImport apple.co/3LrdvGt #writers #podcast #writingcommunity #WBPN
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"Bookstores build community. They create spaces that people can be in together." @InOrderOfImport writersbone.com/podcastsarch… @PorterSqBooks @biblioasis #writers #writingcommunity #podcast #indiebookstores #bookselling #WBPN
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Listen to @InOrderOfImport spend my money in real time. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… @PorterSqBooks @biblioasis @WritersBone #writers #books #indiebookstores #WBPN
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Sneak peek of tomorrow's conversation with @PorterSqBooks' @InOrderOfImport: youtu.be/WRxvL4bLLmA @biblioasis #writers #booksellers #podcast #writingcommunity #indiebookstores #WBPN @danielfford
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We’ve got a great chat with @InOrderOfImport (who handsold us DURING the conversation) coming out soon. Buy his new book: portersquarebooks.com/book/9… @PorterSqBooks
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On Mon 9/11 at 4pm PT @InOrderOfImport will discuss his book THE ART OF LIBROMANCY with our very own @spencerruchti
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Rain Taxi is thrilled to welcome Josh Cook @InOrderOfImport (@biblioasis) to our #TCBF stage on Saturday, October 14:
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"There is no such thing as a 'nonpolitical' bookstore."
Preach, Josh Cook (@InOrderOfImport)!
Worth a read: this @esquire interview from @adriennemwest on what booksellers can do to advance social justice in their stores.
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Tune in tonight at 7 PM ET to listen to @InOrderOfImport discuss all things books with @Loyaltybooks' @OliverDepp!
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@InOrderOfImport @PorterSqBooks have been incredibly supportive of @SandorfP. So I was psyched to hear Josh discuss @biblioasis The Art of Libromancy @printbookstore with @jchristie. Yes, it’s a book about selling books, but at its core it’s about the power of community building.
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Read @InOrderOfImport's "The Art of Libromancy". Fascinating anecdotes + examples about bookselling, not least an insiders account of the American Dirt fiasco & a moving account of working during the pandemic. Was less interested in some of the political stuff, but that was 1/3
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Give Ep48 a listen if you're into Somerset Maugham, surreal literature, Commodore 64s, and @InOrderOfImport's new book of essays.
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The Art of Libromancy... taxonomizes the joys, challenges, and disruptions of independent bookselling in 2023. Cook, a veteran bookseller and co-owner at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts, writes from the front lines of the sales floor and the stockroom
Booksellers Are Suddenly At the Vanguard of the Culture Wars
Josh Cook, the author of The Art of Libromancy, explains how independent bookstores—in the age of book banning and the pandemic’s lingering aftershocks—can change the world for the better.
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