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Are Co-op Bookstores the Future of Bookselling?

https://bookriot.com/co-op-bookstores/

#bookselling #coops


Are Co-Op Bookstores the Future of Bookselling?

What are co-op bookstores, how do they work, and how can they address the problems booksellers face today?
Susie Dumond (BOOK RIOT)
#coops #bookselling

Yes, software can/should be owned and operated by #coops as #FOSS code, so they are adding to the coding "commons" this bridges the more traditional vertical thinking to work in hand with the grassroot thinking.

They can be complementary with shared FOSS licences

#openweb power that is impossible for the traditional closed source world to reproduce.

This is about CONTROL and TRUST we have this chose in the wider world http://hamishcampbell.com/?s=control
#foss #openweb #coops

I hugely respect, but disagree with @witchescauldron

Software should be owned and operated by #coops
of curators, editors, and software developers. Right now the big corporations use open source software for free, make all the money, and do not give back to the community.
#coops @Admin

Made an infographic about how VISA started and operated as a #coop for most of it's history. The founder Dee Hock envisioned expanding the membership to cardholders and merchants, not just banks.

This would have made it the largest coop the world had ever seen; with over 2 billion members, it's membership would have been almost twice as large as all other #coops in the world combined!

https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2023/02/visas-founders-vision-of-a-global-mega-co-op

Published on Mutual Interest, a coop owned by readers and writers.

VISA's founders vision of a global mega co-op - Mutual Interest Media

VISA’s founders vision of a global mega co-op
Leo Sammallahti (Mutual Interest Media)
#coops #coop

I've put a lot of work into this post so far entitled "So, er, what even is a co-op?"

Before I transfer it to the @weareopencoop blog, please take a look to help make it better! 💪

Comments that are welcome:

1. Help clarify confusing things
2. Correct spelling/grammar
3. Ask questions to go deeper or further into an issue

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13r00CAcvmlEPIrYac1bbyHrDioIMcxJaiyxvOOKhiFQ/edit?usp=sharing

(comments that are not welcome: "I don't like Google Docs" 🙄)

@wes @brianb @robert @hubert @deepbluev7 @mpjgregoire

#cooperatives #coops

So, er, what even is a co-op?

So, er, what even is a worker-owned co-op? When we founded WAO, we asked whether it was only “yogurt-knitting vegans” who set up co-operatives.
Google Docs
#cooperatives #coops @Hubert Chathi @Dr Robert N. Winter @DeepBlue V7.X @Swiss Chalet Sommelier @We Are Open Co-op @brianb

Last week I was talking about how awesome it would be if some of the people who have been laid off recently from 'Big Tech' jobs decided to form #coops.

There seemed to be a need for more info around this, so I had a meeting with CoTech colleagues @BillySmith @chrislowis & @Graham_Mitchell to figure out something practical.

Pleased to show MVP site as a result of this at https://start.coops.tech

There are five of us - including @KingMob - volunteering initially. Please share widely!

Interested in starting a co-op? | CoTech

start.coops.tech
#coops @BillySmith @chrislowis @Graham_Mitchell @KingMob

Our first annual report is out! You can read it at: http://bit.ly/3D1RRV0 #coops #cooperatives #coopfuture

Our First Annual Report | Artisans Cooperative

Our first annual report is our chance to show potential members how we intend to do business. Although we've only been in existence a few months, this is a first glimpse into what it's like to be a member-owner of a cooperative business.
Valerie (Artisans Co-Op)
#cooperatives #coops #coopfuture

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