What's It REALLY Like to Own a Bookstore? - Better Book Clubs

If you're anything like me, you've daydreamed about owning a bookstore. In fact, I had a lot of questions about indie bookstores, so I reached out to the owner of one of my favorites: Suzanna Hermans of Oblong Books in Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York.

Here's our conversation, in which Suzanna reveals the number one misconception book lovers have about running a bookstore, what booksellers talk about with each other when readers aren’t around, and why you should vote in your local school board elections.

Resources mentioned in this video:
Bookshop online bookseller - https://bookshop.org/
Libro.fm audio books - https://libro.fm/
Suzanna's book picks on WAMC radio's Roundtable Book Picks - https://www.oblongbooks.com/wamcs-rou...

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