Indies in Scotland: exploring the role of independent bookshops in Scotland's towns and villages.

Laing, Audrey

Abstract

This talk was presented at the Culture vs Commerce roundtable session, part of the Literature and the Market DFG funded project held virtually at the University of Münster. This project builds on previous work and explores consumer behaviour and browsing in bookshops and the bookshop as a 'third place'. The current bookselling environment is one of digital disruption and economic challenge. However, numbers of independent bookshops in the UK has risen for the 5th year in a row (Comerford 2022).

Citation

LAING, A. 2022. Indies in Scotland: exploring the role of independent bookshops in Scotland's towns and villages. Presented at Culture vs commerce, 17 May 2022, [virtual event].

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: Culture vs commerce
• Conference Location: [virtual event]
• Start Date: May 17, 2022
• Deposit Date: Aug 1, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 1, 2023
• Keywords: Bookshops; Booksellers; Independent bookshops; Independent booksellers; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs); Small and medium businesses; Scotland
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1898127
• Related Public URLs: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/969282 (2020 journal article)