Next month, Avid Bookshop will achieve genuine bricks and mortar status at 493 Prince Avenue in Athens, Ga. Geddis anticipates a soft opening in about four weeks, aiming for a grand opening by mid-October. Shelving (previously used by Chapters Literary Bookstore, Washington, D.C.) arrived yesterday, and most of her new book inventory should be there soon. “Once the shelves are positioned and we’re ready to click ‘submit’ on our opening inventory, we’ll keep everyone updated with a firm grand opening date. We haven’t formally hired anyone yet, but we do have a list of at least 20 people who are applying (and we haven’t even advertised the bookselling positions yet!),” she noted.
Janet Geddis opens Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA.
I have a long post I’m thinking of (Really long, actually. In the old days, we’d have called it an essay), but the shorter version is this: There’s a dominant narrative that the traditional publishing industry is screwed, that physical books are going to disappear, and that indie bookstores are doomed. This narrative is false, and the only reason it seems so prevalent is that it benefits certain people to perpetuate it.
Janet is going to rock her bookstore. Athens, Georgia will be a better place for it.
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YES. Looking forward to the essay.
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