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ANDREW LATIES co-founded Easton Book Festival, Book & Puppet Company, Vox Pop, The Children’s Bookstore, Chicago Children’s Museum Store, and The Eric Carle Museum Bookstore. He shared the 1987 Women’s National Book Association’s Pannell Award for bringing children and books together. His Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want to Fight For—From Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities won the 2006 Independent Publisher Award and is available in a second edition from Seven Stories Press.

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	Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want To Fight For From Free Speech To Buying Local To Building Communities by Andrew Laties (Goodreads Author), Bill Ayers (Afterword), Ed Morrow (Introduction) 4.05 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel Bookseller: How to Improvise Your Own Indie Store and Beat Back the Chains 3.57 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You're Telling My Kids They Can't Read This Book?: Our Hundred-Year Children's-Literature Revolution and How We'll Keep Fighting to Support Our Families' Right to Read 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Music Thief 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Son of Rebel Bookseller: A Very Large Homework Assignment by Andrew Laties (Goodreads Author), Samuel Laties 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities by Andrew Laties (2011-07-19) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living Ur Sonata: Conjuring Kurt Schwitters to Transcend Authority and Seize the Hour by Andrew Laties (Goodreads Author), Kurt Schwitters 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Which Way Up Is This?: A Bookseller's Dream Journal 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Andrew Laties rated a book it was amazing I Speak Music: Stories from My Improbable Life by Howard Levy (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Andrew Laties and 1 other person liked TheNextGenLibrarian's review of You're Telling My Kids They Can't Read This Book?: Our Hundred-Year Children's-Literature Revolution and How We'll Keep Fighting to Support Our Families' Right to Read: "A nonfiction book about a hot-button issue librarians have been dealing with for years, but even more lately. 📚 Andrew Laties offers a deeply personal and timely look at the censorship of children’s literature in this short, conversational nonfiction b" Read more of this review »
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Andrew Laties liked Abigail 's review of You're Telling My Kids They Can't Read This Book?: Our Hundred-Year Children's-Literature Revolution and How We'll Keep Fighting to Support Our Families' Right to Read: "4.5 Stars Andrew Laties recounts his personal experiences relating to the censorship of children's literature in this short, conversational nonfiction book. Mixed media (emails, conference talks, personal conversations, articles, etc.) is blended wit" Read more of this review »
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Andrew Laties liked Angel Ackerman's review of You're Telling My Kids They Can't Read This Book?: Our Hundred-Year Children's-Literature Revolution and How We'll Keep Fighting to Support Our Families' Right to Read: "I received an advance copy of this. I have long appreciated Andy Laties views on book selling and book publishing and this volume did not disappoint. A quick but thought provoking read."
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Andrew Laties rated a book it was amazing Accidental Anchorwoman: A Memoir of Chance, Choice, Change, and Connection by Melba Tolliver	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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