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> If a community wants a bookstore to remain they'll probably need to set it up as a non-profit of some sort. That doesn't solve the problem. Space costs. So
by anamax 5y ago
> If a community wants a bookstore to remain they'll probably need to set it up as a non-profit of some sort.
That doesn't solve the problem.
Space costs. So does someone working in the store. The latter is true for both owners and employees.
- meristohm 5y agoIf we increase the value of public wellness, as part of GDP, say, then keeping small bookstores around becomes valuable. That's my feeling, anyway, as someone with a deep appreciation of small bookstores and public libraries from childhood onward.
- gibolt 5y agoIsn't that the role a library already fills? The only difference is maybe their love of the craft and more random options.
- whitten 5y agoYou cannot donate a old book to a library and assume that they will keep it and lend it out. The best you can hope is that they sell it for a dollar at their next fund raiser. Only if it is rare and already known as a great book or historic or worth a lot of money is it likely someone will see the same value you see in it. Maybe the time for non-lending libraries And public reading rooms has come back.
- anamax 5y ago"valuable" isn't enough - the rent and the person working there must be paid.