Shopkeeping : stories, advice, and observations / Peter Miller, bookseller.

Miller, Peter, 1946- (author.).

Summary:

"A love letter to the shop by beloved bookseller Peter Miller"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781797228761
ISBN: 1797228765
Physical Description: 143 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

To be a retailer -- To open -- What is a shop?: Obstructions; When you are trying to find a shop. -- The details of space: Packaging; Specifics; A show of names; Display; Gardening; What have you; Certain days. -- Seeing time: People come; Passing the time; Once upon; A terrible location; Street tales. -- The nature of space-dog on a porch: Cups and surfaces; The ten best; Light; How do you look. -- Counters: Two salts; Time on paper; Where leads will lead; Miracles and spirits. -- To move: Language of a shop. -- The electronics of it: Posts, email, or other; Electronic issues and repair; Inventory; In a sense; The big shops; A very new kind of retail; To carry radios; Locking the door. -- Commerce: When you see a shop; What are you; Shops today; New shops; Times Square; Shopkeeping aside/last notes; The new days; On the thought of opening a shop.