open my own bookstore

he highlighted the many independent booksellers in town that had not been able to maintain business, and how sad it is to see them go. He said something about the cover of the most recent New Yorker… and i smiled internally, that he was a subscriber (I used to).

I’ve always thought of this as a passion, not as a money maker, so it is something to do with age and in retirement. It is becoming clearer that the type of security I want in this phase of my life, is not something I will acquire as a n independent business owner. I need a source for stable income and reliable benefits, so I can start stashing cash for my later years.

and then, I will be able to build my brick and mortar…

After some internet based research and some serious soul searching about what it is exactly i want to do with myself, i think i may have hit a jackpot. A bookstore?! it sounds so simple. be my own boss, run my own hours, and best of all, be surrounded in nothing but my life long true love – books! there has GOT to be more people out there as obsessed with a classic boy meets girl tale, nail biting mystery, tear jerking romance, and just-cant-put-this-thing-down-for-the-life-of-me read as i am! only problem is, will people actually wanna come to MY store. in this steadily growing, once sleepy town i’m living in, with only one bookstore that has all of 3 employees, can i really hack it?

It definately is not as pressing as owning a house. After I buy a house… if I am in the kind of financial situation to make that happen, I might have more possibilities when it comes to opening a business. I would want to have significant savings, and consider it my 2nd income. Or maybe do it when I’m retired. I don’t think I would want to work in someone else’s bookstore. I like managing myself.

I finally realize this is what I eventually want to do with my life.

This feels great. =)

My mother told me of a store called Mythras that she remembered as a child living in southern california… I think it was in La Jolla, and I’ve always wanted to recreate the image it left me with. I thought I’d pegged it when I worked in a little women’s boutique in upstate new york… but clothing is peculiar and I’d love a broader audience. next door was a used bookstore, that sold the neatest things… and had a free box outside. I’d love to spend my days cataloguing new finds and introducing strangers to magical wonders. I don’t want to limit it to books, but perhaps have a consignment component for young and developing artists.

I don’t want to do food service but there would be unlimited hotwater, and a wide variety of teas available for a minimal contribution. If I got super motivated, I would partner up with an herbalist, and have a little white and glass apothecary where people could purchase herbs and spices, and mix their own creams, fragranced things, and poultices.

I am a married mom of 2 that wants to one start my own bookstore. There’s only one problem where do I begin…

This is my dream . . . which has been deferred for much to long! I want to quit my boring, dead-end job and reach for the stars . . . but it’s scary to give up my pension and insurance!

So I am beginning my goal by researching online and have started a list of books to get at the library and online. I think I will start small…

I would like to open a bookstore featuring African American authors. It would be either an online bookstore or my own.