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Resources, statistics, opportunities, and inspiration 
​for independent booksellers

About The Independent Bookseller

​I founded The Independent Bookseller™ in 2018 as a way to make some of the resources I'd built for myself available to booksellers all over the country. To be clear, I am not "The Independent Bookseller" -- that would be you, for whom this site is dedicated. This is a website for and about booksellers.

The resources, content, and opinions found on The Independent Bookseller™'s website, social media pages, and weekly newsletter are intended to be purely supplemental and complementary to the work of all book industry associations, publications, and service providers, without which nothing on this site or in this industry would be possible. If you have any questions about the methodology behind anything on this site, please contact me.

Robert Martin

Founder/Director

​​Robert Martin is the executive director of the Independent Booksellers Consortium, with which The Independent Bookseller™ has no affiliation. He previously worked as the director of operations for the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, and before working in the book industry he was the senior editor for Masterplans, a business consulting firm that guides entrepreneurs through the startup process. He is a writer, musician, backpacker, and father.

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The resources created, hosted, distributed, and publicized through this website wouldn't be possible without the generous support of industry partners from across the country. Learn how you can support The Independent Bookseller. Please join me in thanking the following organizations for their support of independent bookselling: