[FRIAM] Book Lovers of Santa FE

[glen]

FWIW, if there were a lot of people interested in helping out a little 
bit, consider setting up a co-op. This store here in Oly did that soon 
after we moved up here. It was difficult because they transitioned, 
rather that constructed from scratch.

https://www.orcabooks.com/co-op

And I don't see Book Mountain on this list:

https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores

It's probably too little/late for it to help Book Mountain now. But if 
someone does take over, it would make sense to get on the list.

On 3/1/23 14:43, Steve Smith wrote:
> 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:
> 
> https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/book-mountain-alive-and-well-in-new-location/article_9003513a-3c8b-11ea-a81e-373351759896.html
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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.