This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Andy Hunter, the founder and CEO of bookshop.org, an online bookshop with a mission to financially support local, independent bookshops.

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Bookshop

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Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Andy and Bookshop

02:08 Press Publish NYC

06:26 Introducing e-books on Bookshop

08:00 Aligning against big tech

11:36 Best performing genres on Bookshop

14:12 The catalyst for Bookshop's impressive growth

15:52 Rejecting investment to maintain the company's mission

19:51 Support bookstores, not billionaires

28:03 Innovating the e-reader

35:00 Bookshop's impact on local book stores

37:25 AI vs human book recommendations

46:42 Taking the Bookshop model beyond books

53:40 The value of physical books

57:40 Current reads

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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

Ep. 59: The business of books ft. Andy Hunter of Bookshop.org