Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Retail and New Media Technologies
5. 1. Industrial Crossroads or Cross Purposes? 23
6. 2. Amazon, Bookseller 40
7. 3. The First Sale Doctrine and U.S. Media Retail 58
8. 4. Game Retail and Crowdfunding 75
9. 5. The App Store 91
10. Part II: Media and the Politics of Constructing Retail Space
11. 6. Shelf Flow 107
12. 7. Get Your Cape On 125
13. 8. Shop, Makeover, Love 142
14. 9. Female Treble 160
15. 10. “It’s Not Just Commerce, It’s Community” 175
16. Part III: Practices and Participation in Media Retail Communities
17. 11. Comic Book Stores as Sites of Struggle 189
18. 12. From Dealers’ Room to Exhibit Hall 209
19. 13. The Changing Scales of Diasporic Media Retail 225
20. 14. Delivering Media 239
21. 15. Retail Wizardry 256
22. Index 275
23. Notes on Contributors 287