tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373761152008-06-24T10:03:08.566-05:00Bustopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08747630445643359049noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376115.post-1164148613498444732006-11-21T16:53:00.006-05:002008-06-24T10:03:08.591-05:00Well, as promised, below you will find the chronicle of the moving of our shop. First, a shot of our shop how it stood more or less at the end of September:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 283px; height: 212px;" src="http://www.mottebooks.com/aboutus/frontb.jpg" /><br />Old Motte &amp; Bailey<br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 273px; height: 203px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/oldshop4.jpg" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's me in the cap moving a shelf</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We opened in Oct. 2000, so our move at the end of October 2006 marked a full 6 years on Ann Street, an old but primarily office street across from the county courthouse. It took little more than a day to go from the left above to the right.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thankfully we had help for the 2 main days we were moving - a motley but welcome assortment of friends and book comrades to take us the block or so to the new digs and to reshelve our books. The new space on N. 4th Avenue has a lot more foot traffic, wider but shallower, better lit, with a few more amenities, such as a kitchenette, great dedicated display window, and a finished basement.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 276px; height: 206px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop3.jpg" /><br />The first things we moved in were the big shelves</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 340px; height: 254px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop5.jpg" /><br />Then the desk, and smaller shelves</div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then boxes and boxes of books -<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 335px; height: 251px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop6.jpg" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Dusting was a must -<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 308px; height: 230px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop8.jpg" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />My s.o. was also in charge of shelving, and did a fantastic job keeping the crew moving.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 313px; height: 234px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop10.jpg" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />As the 2nd night fell, the state of things was.... in flux :<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 324px; height: 242px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop11.jpg" /><img style="width: 264px; height: 197px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop12.jpg" /><br /><br />But by Wednesday, we had something that looked like a shop:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 338px; height: 253px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop14.jpg" /><img style="width: 312px; height: 233px;" src="http://www.bookmansfolly.com/gfx/newshop13.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />First day sales in 2000 - $24. First day sales 2006 - $650. And that is moving just 1 block away. Foot traffic is way up, as are in shop sales. But we'll see over time how things do.<br /><br />I'll have more pics of the shop as we have filled it and added things to the walls in future posts.<br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Bustopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08747630445643359049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376115.post-1163026211308038882006-11-08T17:43:00.000-05:002006-11-08T17:55:52.896-05:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">As one must have, this is my first post. Bookwords will be my site for commentary on my shop, book interests, bookselling, book arts, and various things bookish.<br /><br />I hope to not repeat what others blog, but I imagine with all the folks out there blogging, redundancy will happen. I should have something different to add, so that should make amends.<br /><br />First post coming in the next few days will be the illustrated story of the moving of our bookshop one entire city block. If done right, I sense a Peabody nomination at least.</span><br /></span></span>Bustopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08747630445643359049noreply@blogger.com