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<p>We got the word that Peggy Frank found someone to carry Book
Mountain forward... a couple already working in the bookstores
of Santa Fe for years... Lauren Ayles? and Phil Geronimo...
also poets/writers.</p>
<p>Even though they are nominally a "paperback exchange", their
inventory has grown to include a lot of quality non-fiction,
especially since they moved down the street a few years ago. I
get the feeling that Lauren and Phil will probably move them even
more in that direction as time goes forward. <br>
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<p>Our credit there is well above what we could spend down
responsibly (without filling our house again) and will likely
donate the bulk of it, we were honestly just glad to have someone
make sure the thousands of books we brought them last year
(thousands more to other stores in SFe as well) aren't going to a
pulp mill or landfill.</p>
<p>If anyone here still reads paper, go on in and check them out!</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/1/23 5:55 PM, Steve Smith wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:4e7d885a-6209-b7e4-2820-f55a0b8aa32b@swcp.com">Seems I
missed a trick (or two) again... Peggy apparently started looking
to be bought-out/partnered over 6 months ago and it is only now
(after an acute health challenge?) that she seems to be on a
mission to sell or shutter in short order.
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I'm futzing around with examples of people who have used GoFundMe
programs to rescue bookstores (financially) and it looks like some
of those were resounding successes. The key here is probably as
much finding someone(s) willing and able to manage such a store,
even if funds for it get raised. I have no idea of the magnitude
of what she needs to be released from this obligation she built
over 40+ years.
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On 3/1/23 3:43 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I was just in Book Mountain which has been
operating in SFe primarily as a paperback exchange since 1980
(just before I moved to the area) and discovered that the owner,
Peggy Frank intends to shut down, probably sooner rather than
later. Here is an article about her move and rejuvenation of
the store a couple of years ago:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/book-mountain-alive-and-well-in-new-location/article_9003513a-3c8b-11ea-a81e-373351759896.html">https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/book-mountain-alive-and-well-in-new-location/article_9003513a-3c8b-11ea-a81e-373351759896.html</a>
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The new digs and layout were a modest upgrade from what she had
going before, and has a somewhat wider range of books shelved
now, though the emphasis is still on high-turnover paperback.
She has one of the most extensive collections of Science Fiction
I think you fill find this side of Powells (Portland) or
Tattered Cover (Denver).
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I probably unloaded 1/4 of my "2 cords of books" leftover from
*my* bookstore (Hunt and Gather circa 2006) on her for trade (my
credit is much too large to begin to drain in the short term).
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What I am hoping is that one of her customers or someone in the
book loving circle would swoop in and buy it outright. I have
already talked to some of the other booksellers in town and she
has already approached them offering to sell them her inventory,
but the ideal would be for it to remain a viable business. Her
current setup/inventory/curation works and is by far more
valuable than the mere inventory (which would need to be sorted,
shelved, etc. again).
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<br>
If anyone here knows of anyone suitable for taking on such an
operation I highly recommend it, but I suspect the time is
short. Peggy is just coming out of some health-challenges and I
sense she will not be willing/able to wait very long. I am
holding out a slim hope that one of the other used-sellers in
SFe might pick it up as a satellite (Op Cit already has had
multiple locations).
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In any case, spread the word if you can. Maybe there is a coop
model or multiple-partner arrangement that might keep it going
and help Peggy leave the business cleanly/gracefully.
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- Steve
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