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 [...]

I have not discussed my book store idea with my dad yet, although I am insanely curious about what he thinks and what advice he’ll give me. He is somewhat supportive of my indie publishing biz ( http://www.MSPmedia.net ) but he hasn’t invested any money in it or given me a whole lot of advice. [...]

I may be able to do this before spring, a space has become available that is just perfect for what I envision. It will be ready in January. It is perfect, great location, low rent, somewhat shelved. I think I should jump on it, but if I do money will be tight for a while.

My plan is to open a small indie bookstore next spring and a full-fledged indie bookstore in May 2007. As some folks know I’m a writer and put out my own books and zines and publishing 2 other authors next year, and I have a bunch of indie friends who put out their own stuff [...]