{"id":1831,"date":"2014-06-25T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T14:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2014-06-25T14:59:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T14:59:30","slug":"a-wimpy-plan-to-save-the-physical-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/a-wimpy-plan-to-save-the-physical-book","title":{"rendered":"A ‘Wimpy’ Plan to Save the Physical Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children’s author Jeff Kinney’s new shop will emphasize reading as a tangible, community experience in a digital, fractured world.<\/span><\/p>\n

SONA CHARAIPOTRAJUN 20 2014, 1:47 PM ET<\/p>\n

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\nKinney at his office in Boston (AP Photo)
\nJeff Kinney, the man behind the astonishingly powerful Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, is leading the revolution.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s been the theory behind the bestselling author\u2019s just-announced plans to open up an indie bookstore in tiny Plainville, Massachusetts. It\u2019s been framed as a call-to-arms against Amazon in the wake of its strong-arming tactics in negotiating with the big five publishing houses, starting with (fellow giant) Hachette.<\/p>\n

Take back the power, fight the system, and all that, right?<\/p>\n

Wrong.<\/p>\n

If Kinney\u2019s stoking a counterculture, it\u2019s to harken back to the past. In his Plainville shop, he imagines a cozy, well-worn space with old tomes and tea, frequented by locals and writerly souls. \u201cA physical book has a heft, a permanence that you don\u2019t get digitally,\u201d says Kinney in an interview. \u201cSo our hope is that the bookstore will remain a vital, important part of communities across the country and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not the only author to venture into the territory; others include the renowned Ann Patchett, who owns Parnassus Books in Nashville.<\/p>\n

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