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The store remained controversial "If they weren't good at what they did â€â€? I mean that in a book sense and a business sense â€â€? they wouldn't be making it in this day and age He was later acquitted Hand-lettered signs are everywhere: "No Shirt " About 50,000 books are crammed into 2,200-square-feet of retail space "He's got more energy than the rest of us combined," Peters says citylights "They're a great bookstore and everybody loves them and they've stayed true to their philosophy," said Hut Landon of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association City Lights Book Store Marks 50 years Jun 18, 11:35 AM EST Browsing through sections marked "muckraking," "anarchism" and "stolen continents" may be unnerving to an unsuspecting book buyer, but it's exactly what draws patrons to City Lights Books com In 1966, the store again was raided, this time for selling Lenore Kandel's purportedly obscene "The Love Book Nationally, independent bookstores sell 16 percent of all books, according to the Book Industry Study Group The North Beach institution, made famous in the 1950s as a center for the Beat movement, celebrates a half-century in business this month Ferlinghetti calls the store "a way of life -led coalition began bombing Baghdad, City Lights protested by closing its doors In 1961, City Lights Publishers released the Journal for the Protection of all Beings, an early ecology magazine "(San Franciscans) don't want this to look like Chain Street USA," Landon said "City Lights bookstore is all about neighborhood and community and if that's important to you, if that quality of life is important to you, you have to support local commerce The third floor is dedicated to the Beat writers and poetry One huge shelf contains staff recommended reading And staff and outside experts agree the store, which began in a hallway and the basement and now consumes the entire building, is stronger than ever Full Service"; "Stash Your Sell Phone and Be Here Now"; "Have a Seat and Read a Book "The Corrections," by Jonathan Franzen, is there, but so is "Mabinogion Tetralogy," by Evangeline Walton, and "The Few Things I Know About Glafkos Thrassakis," by Vassilis Vassilikos â€â€? not exactly hot sellers " Fiction dominates the main floor S It helped launch the Beat movement in 1956 by publishing Allen Ginsburg's "Howl," which led to Ferlinghetti's arrest on obscenity charges " â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www " And that's key to its success " There's a Barnes & Noble near Fisherman's Wharf and a Borders in Union Square, but neither is real competition for City Lights, which draws tourists and locals alike "We have less than 5 percent of the New York Times' best sellers in our store," Yamazaki said proudly Martin, who sold his half of the business to Ferlinghetti in 1955, died in 1988 Ferlinghetti, 84, who keeps a second-floor office at City Lights and still lives in North Beach, stops by nearly everyday "Books aren't product to us A scary, rickety stairway leads to the lower level, swollen with books about history, science, politics and travel " Ferlinghetti and sociology teacher Peter D And on March 20, when the U The books are packed tightly onto tall, wooden shelves on wheels Political posters dominate the walls "We're not that influenced by market forces," said buyer Paul Yamazaki, who started working at City Lights in 1970, packing and shipping books That's where you'd find "stolen continents" books â€â€? works about American imperialism A "Viva Zapata" poster hangs on one wall; a poster commemorating author Eduardo Galeano hangs on another " "We survived by creating an intellectual center, a literary meeting place," he has said Some best sellers are stocked â€â€? "The Hours," "Atonement" and "Life of Pi" â€â€? but they're not prominently displayed " In the late 1960s and early 1970s, City Lights published several pieces protesting the Vietnam War, including Allen Ginsberg's poem, "The Fall of America," which received the National Book Award With stacks placed at unusual angles, it's not a store for "roaming the aisles City Lights prides itself on its eclectic selection No Shoes "But somehow, we were able to furnish what other bookstores can't We have a real knowledge and passion for what's on our shelves "Our customers have come to rely on us and our tastes "We've become an international cultural center," says Nancy Peters, who co-owns City Lights with poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti Martin pitched in $500 each and opened City Lights in 1953 in a former flower shop The store's 14 employees meticulously pore over book catalogs to beef up their shelves " But there are reading nooks and other spots to sit and relax That's the key "People come here because they know we have great books, but we also have political discussions and readings " With San Francisco's limited and pricey retail space, neighborhood bookstores have yet to be edged out by superstores like Borders and Barnes & Noble In Northern California, they account for about 20 percent of sales |
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