Andy Hunter - Saving Indie Bookstores: The Innovated Model Behind BOOKSHOP.ORG

02/04/25 • 43 min

Andy Hunter is the founder CEO of bookshop.Org
In todday's episode, he talks about his innovative solution to save indie bookstore.

Quoting the New York Times, “The rapid rise of Bookshop.org during the shutdown has been hailed as a boon for independent stores.” B-Labs announced the company as one of the “best for the world,” and in the top 5% of all B-Corps.

The business model is brilliant on so many levels, and I can’t wait for you to hear what he has to share.

Andy is also the co-creator of the websites: Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Crime Reads, and BookMarks - combined annual readership of about 30 million people. And, worked as an independent publisher at Catapult, Counterpoint and Soft Skull Press.

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Andy Hunter is the founder CEO of bookshop.Org
In todday's episode, he talks about his innovative solution to save indie bookstore.

The business model is brilliant on so many levels, and I can’t wait for you to hear what he has to share.

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How I Built My Small Business - Andy Hunter - Saving Indie Bookstores: The Innovated Model Behind BOOKSHOP.ORG

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Welcome to how I Built my Small Business . I'm Anne McEntee , your host , and today we have Andy Hunter , the founder CEO of Bookshoporg , on the show to talk about his innovative solution to save indie bookstores . Quoting the New York Times , the rapid rise of bookshoporg during the shutdown has been hailed as a boon for independent stores . B-labs announced the company as one of