Amazon Bookstore Cooperative
The store in 2011 with "True Colors" on the window and "Amazon Bookstore" above it | |
| Company type | Worker cooperative |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bookselling |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Founder | Rosina Richter Christy Julie Morse Quist |
| Defunct | 2012 |
Area served | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Website | truecolorsbookstore.com |
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Amazon Bookstore Cooperative was a feminist bookstore located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that operated from 1970 to 2012. It was the only lesbian/feminist bookstore in the U.S.at some point, but certainly not at its beginning. The shop was named after the Amazons, a mythological tribe of fierce and independent women. In 1994 Amazon.com was founded and within a year, problems started for Amazon Bookstore. Terms of a lawsuit by Amazon bookstore resulted in a small settlement, and a requirement that Amazon Bookstore go by the name 'Amazon Bookstore Collective' to reduce confusion with Amazon.com.