Looking for Places

So I talked to my dad about my opening a bookstore, and he was very helpful and supportive. I am going to spend January and February looking for a place and building inventory, and just jump in and open in March. I have enough books in my house and garage to open a small used bookstore right now, but I think I will also add new books and of course, zines and stuff. I am excited to get started!

Main Advisor

I have not discussed my book store idea with my dad yet, although I am insanely curious about what he thinks and what advice he’ll give me. He is somewhat supportive of my indie publishing biz ( http://www.MSPmedia.net ) but he hasn’t invested any money in it or given me a whole lot of advice. With 2 of my brothers, he invested in their businesses financially and gave them all sorts of leads and business contacts. This past year though he finally read one of my zines and 2 of my books and was really impressed, and is helping me prepare a better business plan so I can maybe get some loans. I think he thought I was just playing around with it, I am going to ask him about that. At any rate I know he can give me some great advice on location and stuff.