City Spotlight: Book Publishing in Boston
The trade publisher, which was founded in 1964, became part of Perseus in 1999 and publishes a range of books in classics, literature, humanities and wellness. It happens to be the "premiere publisher" of books on veganism in the United States, says Radziewicz.
Book Town
Boston supports its local bookstores, even though there are fewer around than there used to be, according to Emerson's Rodzvilla. "We do support them, we also see innovation. We have some really good bookstores and you have some fun things going on like Harvard Book Store having their bike delivery service and Porter Square Books going beyond the bookstore and having other kinds of events," says Rodzvilla of the bookseller's regular events with local and national authors. "The audience loves to read. I think we have a high percentage of readers but I think we have a lot of people that buy from Amazon. They need to know better. Buy local."