City Lights Bookstore

Summary

City Lights Bookstore is a bookstore^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of bookstore entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• City Lights Bookstore was a member of American Booksellers Association^[3].
• City Lights Bookstore was a member of California Independent Booksellers Alliance^[4].
• City Lights Bookstore was a member of Independent Publishers Caucus^[5].
• City Lights Bookstore is located in San Francisco^[6].
• City Lights Bookstore is in the country of United States^[7].
• City Lights Bookstore's image is recorded as City Lights outside.jpg^[8].
• City Lights Bookstore's instance of is recorded as bookstore^[9].
• City Lights Bookstore's instance of is recorded as book publisher^[10].
• City Lights Bookstore's founder is recorded as Lawrence Ferlinghetti^[11].
• City Lights Bookstore's founder is recorded as Peter D. Martin^[12].
• City Lights Bookstore's owned by is recorded as Lawrence Ferlinghetti^[13].
• City Lights Bookstore's movement is recorded as Beat Generation^[14].
• City Lights Bookstore's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco^[15].
• City Lights Bookstore's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404917852^[16].
• City Lights Bookstore's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157249855^[17].
• City Lights Bookstore's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92093760^[18].
• City Lights Bookstore's IdRef ID is recorded as 067075827^[19].
• City Lights Bookstore's Commons category is recorded as City Lights Booksellers^[20].
• City Lights Bookstore's industry is recorded as retail^[21].
• +1953-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of City Lights Bookstore^[22].
• City Lights Bookstore's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.797628, 'lon': -122.406575}^[23].
• City Lights Bookstore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k32_^[24].
• City Lights Bookstore's distributed by is recorded as Consortium Book Sales and Distribution^[25].
• City Lights Bookstore's official website is recorded as http://www.citylights.com/^[26].
• City Lights Bookstore's ISFDB publisher ID is recorded as 31915^[27].

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Founding

Founders include Lawrence Ferlinghetti^[11] and Peter D. Martin^[12]. +1953-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of City Lights Bookstore^[22].

Operations

City Lights Bookstore's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco^[15].

Industry

City Lights Bookstore's industry is recorded as retail^[21].

Ownership

City Lights Bookstore's owned by is recorded as Lawrence Ferlinghetti^[13].

Why It Matters

City Lights Bookstore ranks in the top 7% of bookstore entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]