Joanna Scutts

In an interview and an excerpt from her new book, Wednesday Martin discusses the rule-ridden, heirarchical world of the 1 percent on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Booksellers joining in on the first Independent Bookstore Day this month showed the sort of smarts and energy that help them survive the chains and Amazon.

Contending first with the chains and more recently with Amazon, independent booksellers find survival tough but not impossible, and lately new stores are thriving.