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. __ Bookshop Website Instagram Bluesky Andy's LinkedIn __ 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 __ Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
