We Need Your Help.
The Book Shelf looks to move our store in with The Blue Heron in their current location. But we need your help.
Like many of you, I was devestated several weeks ago when I approached the doors at The Blue Heron Coffeehouse here in Winona to find their doors locked and Larry's note on the door explaining their situation.
We have also had some difficulties, with textbooks not performing as well as we had hoped, our space has become too big for our business to support.
An idea began to circulate after The Blue Heron locked its doors: What if we combined forces with Larry and Colleen and took half of their space? This would ensure the continued existence of their coffehouse, and the long-term health of our store.
We are looking to add the cofeehouse experience to your bookbuying experience, and both Larry and I are excited about what a "marriage" of the two businesses would mean for our customers.
There are still some details that would have to be worked out, but I have confidence that we will be able to settle those in the near future.
Here is where you come in.
We need to raise some funds in order to afford the move and other costs associated with relocation.
If all of our customers came down and purchased a few books from our shelves in the next few weeks, we would be able to accomplish our goal.
We believe that joining forces with The Blue Heron will add an energy (and not just caffeine-induced) to your book buying experience, and I am confident it will improve our sales.
I have already worked out a floor plan detailing how we would use the open space in The Blue Heron, and would be excited to share it with any of you who have an interest. We also have plans to offer classes and seminars on writing through a new venture we are calling the Hawk's Well Literary Center. I also have my sights on establishing a publishing company, with its first offering to reach bookshelves in 2009.
If you have any questions, or would like to discuss other ways you might help, feel free to contact me at any of the phone numbers listed below.
Sincerely,
Chris Livingston
The Book Shelf
(I received this email and have pasted it here with Chris's permission.)
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