Too Small To Fail

NPR | By Stacey Vanek Smith,

Paddy Hirsch

Published March 22, 2018 at 4:12 PM EDT

Independent bookstores got crushed by big box stores in the 90s, and hammered by Amazon in the aughts.

But since then, they've reinvented themselves.

Now independent bookstores are back, often as the mainstays of new retail developments.

Stacey Vanek Smith

Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money, and is a correspondent for Planet Money.

Paddy Hirsch