Andrew Laties

Andrew Laties
Born	United States
Occupation(s)	Writer, bookseller
Known for	Rebel Bookseller; founding manager of the Eric Carle Museum Bookshop; co-founder of The Children's Bookstore and The Children's Museum Store; operator of Book & Puppet

Andrew Laties is a writer and bookseller based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

He has contributed articles to numerous magazines and websites and also runs his own blog.

In 2005, his book Rebel Bookseller: How To Improvise Your Own Indie Store And Beat Back The Chains received an IPPY Award and was published by Vox Pop Records. Vox Pop, an independent publisher and café located in Brooklyn, New York, was closely associated with Laties until its closure in 2010.

A revised edition titled Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want to Fight for—from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities was issued in July 2011 through Seven Stories Press.

Laties has delivered numerous talks on the subject of independent publishing, including a presentation named "Indie Bookstores Still Count" at the 2011 Digital Book World conference.

He serves as the founding manager of the Eric Carle Museum Bookshop in Amherst, Massachusetts. Earlier in his career, he co-established The Children's Bookstore in Chicago (1985–1996), which earned the WNBA Pannell Award for Excellence in Children's Bookselling in 1987. Additionally, he founded The Children's Museum Store, operating from 1994 to 2002.

Together with his partner Rebecca Migdal, Laties runs Book & Puppet, a combined bookstore and performance space located in Easton, Pennsylvania. The first store opened its doors in 2017 and later consolidated operations solely at Center Square in 2019.

Bibliography

• Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want To Fight for, from Free Speech To Buying Local To Building Communities (2011) [1]