Episode 58: Green Apple’s Pete Mulvihill On Indie Bookstores

In 1993, Pete Mulvihill chose an uncertain future in San Francisco over graduate school in Oregon, then “stumbled into a temp job” at iconic local bookstore Green Apple Books. Flash-forward a quarter century: Mulvihill is now co-owner of two Green Apple stores and a member of the American Booksellers Association Board of Directors. He joins the GrottoPod this week to talk about how he found his life’s work, why he’s committed to local businesses, how Green Apple addresses the ongoing challenges of technology and how a self-described “library kid” became a pillar of the San Francisco literary community.
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