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Amazon
finances:
 * 1990 "$370,000 a-year"
 * 1991 size 1,700; titles: 10,000 books, 6-person cooperative

Early Years
In 1970 when Amazon was founded by Rosina Richter Christy and Julie Morse Quist, it was far from a full fledged bookstore. The books were kept in the front room of the women's collective they lived in and books were only available from 3 to 6PM or by special arrangement. This arrangement lasted for about two years before the books were moved to Minneapolis' Lesbian Resource Center. bookstore went through a number of locations. moved to a Lesbian Resource Center and

The store grew gradually over the years.

"Amazon Bookstore grew as the community grew, and as the books became available, and it was a steady growth all along. I'm not sure that sort of coincidence could happen now."


 * 400 dollars worth of books in the early seventies
 * 10,000 titles in 1991 (ref:ManyNewBookstores)
 * 15,000 titles in 1994 (ref:FoundingMothers)
 * 25,000 titles in 1999 (ref:MinneapolisBookstoreSues

Sources to look for

 * Bitch magazine 2003 article "Pushed to the Margins:The Slow Death and Possible Rebirth of the Feminist Bookstore"
 * Off Our Backs 2003 article End of an Era: Will the Feminist Bookstopre Soon Be a Thing of the Past?"