{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2c4836252d86e84648db56/6a625b7922500f7120313122?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#6 Andy Hunter: Taking on Amazon, Ethical Consumption, and Hoarding Books","description":"<p>The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with Andy Hunter, founder and CEO of Bookshop.org and publisher of Literary Hub, Bookmarks, and CrimeReads. Andy shares his current reads and recommendations, how books helped him navigate a challenging upbringing, and the formative titles that shaped his life. He discusses the creation of Bookshop.org and its mission to support independent bookstores in the face of Amazon’s dominance, early skepticism from investors, the platform’s rapid pandemic-era growth, and the impact of BookTok on book sales and niche bookstores. Andy also dives into Bookshop’s goals for the future, including improving bookstore technology and expanding independent bookstore access to e-books.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Welcome and Introductions</p><p>00:42 Vacation Reads and ARCs</p><p>06:10 How Books Shaped Andy</p><p>07:41 Childhood Favorites and Classics</p><p>13:03 Raising Readers at Home</p><p>15:12 Building Bookshop Against Amazon</p><p>20:06 BookTok and Indie Bookstore Boom</p><p>26:09 Opening a Bookstore Advice</p><p>27:41 Boldness and Embracing Failure</p><p>29:46 Anti-Acquisition Guardrails</p><p>42:10 Affordable Ethical Reading</p><p>45:56 Finding Better Book Recs</p><p>49:30 Impact And Future Plans</p><p>59:29 Final Thanks And Sign Off</p><p><br></p><h3>Books mentioned:</h3><p>Dodge City by Patrick deWitt</p><p>French Exit by Patrick deWitt</p><p>The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt</p><p>A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood</p><p>Famous Men by Julie Buntin</p><p>I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman</p><p>On the Road by Jack Kerouac</p><p>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson</p><p>Watership Down by Richard Adams</p><p>The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass</p><p>The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis</p><p>Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson</p><p>Charlotte's Web by E.B. White</p><p>The Mixed-Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg</p><p>The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper</p><p>Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theeverygirlbookclub/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> @theeverygirlbookclub</a> for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Everygirl Book Club"}