Washington NC is a sleepy town of 10,112, unless someone died or was born since we visited. It was deserted when we arrived, but it was 100 degrees in the shade and maybe most humans preferred to survive and declined strolling outdoors. Self titled “The Heart of the Inner Banks,” it’s bisected by the waters of the Pamlico river. There are historic houses to view from the street, ghost walks, sailing, and other leisurely activities. After a great chat with the tourist bureau, we learned of an indie in town. It sounded intriguing, and has a brand new addition, a coffee shop. I Can’t Believe It’s a Book Store–yes, that’s the name, is unusual in its location of a very old former bank. Imposing with
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A super article highlights some fantastic bookstores in NYC. I frequented quite a few while living there, especially the superlative, Partners & Crime. Read some tidbits about why they continue to be successful. http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/little-giants-in-the-bookstore-world-big-is-not-better-
a guest post by Ed Dugan from I Need to Cook (if you love food, and who doesn’t, check out his site – pretty sweet.) All of us have read about that wonderful little bookstore on a little used side street where literary masterpieces can be found. In fact there was such a bookstore in my hometown of Philadelphia called Leary’s. I don’t know if it’s still in business but I do know a friend of mine picked up a first edition Dickens there. Today, however, choosing a location for a bookstore is essential to its staying power. My wife has owned 5 very successful bookstores and the locations were as follows: A main highway in a busy shopping center in Jupiter, Florida, one caddy-corner
From time to time we get questions from our readers. Here’s a good one that comes up from time to time. We’d love to hear from some of you, especially sellers that have multiple locations and therefore perspective from different angles. Which is more important when choosing a store location? Visibility or price? I am looking at two possible locations. Both are in town a couple of miles apart. They are similar in square footage but the first one has a lot more backroom storage area available. The first one is an end unit of a shopping center and can’t be seen from the road, although people entering the shopping center from a side road will see it easily when they enter the shopping center. The
A guest post by P. J. Grath, Dog Ears Books, Northport, Michigan For information on becoming a contributor click here.. Christopher Milne (son of A. A. Milne) and his wife decided after World War II to leave London and open a bookstore elsewhere. In his autobiography, The Path Through the Trees (1979), Milne muses, “I doubt if any modern ‘feasibility study’ could have offered us a town in which both bookselling and living have been such a pleasure for so many years.” Sixteen years after opening my first bookshop in little Northport, Michigan, my feelings are very much in line with Milne’s. There are various ways to finance the start-up of an independent bookstore. My husband and I started on the cheap and hauled ourselves
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