Shopkeeping - Stories, Advice, and Observations from the Bookstore Floor

A love letter to the shop by beloved bookseller Peter Miller. For the past forty-five years Peter Miller has run his bookshop in Seattle. He has also written three books about his love of the meal, from cooking (Lunch at the Shop, Five Ways to Cook Asparagus) to cleaning up (How to Wash the Dishes). Along the way, he has written for Food 52 and Post Alley (a Seattle-based writers'' collective). In Shopkeeping, Miller writes for the first time about his other love: "There is a tradition of shopkeeping, a tradition of codes, etiquette and customs. For the most part, it is an oral history, passed along, person to person. You learn to be a retailer - not by going to college, but by going to work. You learn from people who have learned how to run a shop." In ten chapters, Miller crafts his stories from the bookshop floor with wry humor and skillful storytelling that will have readers laughing out loud. Along the way, he sends out a plea that only small shops can really characterize our towns and cities, making them unique, special, and worth visiting and living near.

About the author

Peter Miller opened Peter Miller Books, an architecture bookshop, in Seattle in 1980, and has grown it into the thriving and beloved local bookshop it is today. He was a member of the Seattle Design Commission from 1998 to 2001, an honorary member of the AIA, and a writer for Food52 and Post Alley. He lives in Langley, Whidbey Island, WA, with his wife Colleen and takes the Sounder train each morning to work.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Miller, Miller Peter
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2024
• EAN: 9781797228761
• ISBN: 978-1-79722-876-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Biography: business & industry, Autobiography: general, DESIGN / Essays, Biography: arts & entertainment, Industrial / commercial art & design, Biography: business and industry, Biography: arts and entertainment, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs