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The owner of the storefront I’m renting just gave me some story about deciding to sell the building all of a sudden, what in the underworld? He totally refunded my deposit including money for stuff I bought for repairs, but I am devastated. I was planning to open next month part-time and then have a [...]

I thought this was interesting: American supporters of independent bookstores, such as the American Booksellers Association are often critical of corporate booksellers like Barnes & Noble and Borders Books and Music (the #1 and #2 book retailers in the U.S. as of 2005). They criticize these chain stores for dominating the bookselling industry with their [...]

I wanted to post pics of the renovation process but I lost them during an upload from my phone. It’s just as well, it’s taking forever for me to get this done. Part of me wishes I had the money to hire people to do this for me but part of me is so happy [...]

I’d love to get suggestions and feedback about this blog including what you’d like to see. I’m going to start posting this query for feedback monthly, so if you don’t have any suggestions right now but think of some later you can always let me know next month. I’m so excited about this blog because [...]

Looks like I'm going to have all the money together by August 24th!including insurance and other stuff I didn't include in my originalcalculations. Thanks for all the well-wishes! I am thrilled that thisis all coming together.

I wonder sometimes. It’s so trying and complicated getting everything together. Sometimes I wonder if it is even worth it. Then I remember how much I love books and how this will make me feel…this is one of my dreams, and I know I can make it come true. I have always loved books, from [...]

If you like this blog, here are some ways you can help me with it: Post CommentsYour comments on my posts are invaluable feedback. Comments let me know what people think and feel about what I write. I also get an idea of what people want featured on this blog. This helps me to make [...]

I have an appointement to see a storefront tomorrow, which is really odd as it’s a Sunday. The guy said he didn’t have any other time this upcoming week until Friday, so I said Ok. Anyway this is great because my husband can come with me and look the place over, I always feel better [...]

I am really excited about this year. I don’t have more time but what I do have is a better grasp of time. This helps me to get stuff done. Let me see…I’m still working on my bookstore and hope to be open by March. I have way too many haters in my life who [...]

So I found a tiny space in Elyria, OH, which is west of Cleveland, that I think I’m going to rent. It is small but has a neat finished basement I could hold events at. It needs a lot of work but the owners said I could do whatever renovations to get up and running, [...]

Whew! I haven’t posted for awhile about the progress going on with Texture. I’m getting more books, figuring out the filing/category system other stores employ, and still running around town looking for a decent inexpensive storefront. I have one tentavively on hold but I have to let the owner know end of this month if [...]

Ok so I’m planning to open a used bookstore. I wanted to open this month, but the storefront I was renting the owner totally sold it. There was a string of robberies across the street culminating in the bike shop owner being beaten into a comatose state, which made the guy near there real nervous [...]

Someone mentioned to me that they have seen many black bookstores come and go. I wondered what they meant, why did that apply to me. I’m not marketing Texture as a black bookstore or afrocentric bookstore. I too have seen such come and go, mostly because they don’t provide a wide selection. Which has always [...]

I put up a website for my bookstore:Texture I have a storefront, tentatively, the owner said he’d hold it for me no deposit until next month, then I’d have to make a decision. I am going to keep looking around as this place is smaller than I would like and has very little shelving. I’d [...]

Ok, so I have gotten a little hateration from a few folks. Nothing major, just little comments and stuff from people close to me about my opening a bookstore. A few friends started commenting about how most bookstores don’t make any money or how indie bookstores can’t compete with the chains and stuff like that. [...]

I’ve still been looking for storefronts as the space I wanted to have is no longer available. This weekend my sons and I went out footing it because a lot of places aren’t listed in the paper; they just put a ‘for rent’ up sign in the storefront window. It was an adventure, I tell [...]

So I talked to my dad about my opening a bookstore, and he was very helpful and supportive. I am going to spend January and February looking for a place and building inventory, and just jump in and open in March. I have enough books in my house and garage to open a small used [...]