Books In Stock
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- Name
- Books In Stock
- Retail
- Sporting Goods / Hobby / Musical Instrument / and Book Stores
- Founded
- 1989
- Founders
- 140 E. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States
Books in Stock Used and Rare was founded in the fall of 1989. Judi Stock had been an English teacher and then a stay-at-home mom. But for various reasons, she felt the need to go back to work. The first option seemed to be to go back to teaching, and Judy obtained a subbing certificate with that in mind. Then in June she and her son Ben drove past a used book store in the country with a sign outside that said "Store Going Out of Business." "That's what I should do," Judi said to Ben. "Open a used book store."
Trips to the library to read up on starting book stores netted a real friend -- Dale Gilbert's book "The Complete Guide to Starting a Used Book Store." The book has a wonderfully optimistic attitude about opening such a store and was full of information about how to go about doing so. In great detail it gave guidance from choosing a location, building shelves, buying books, running the store, and even eventually selling the business.
A location was found in downtown Wooster, and the whole family pitched in to build a counter and plenty of shelves. Judi began buying books at garage sales, and, as soon as the counter was constructed, advertised that she was buying books which could be brought to the store for evaluation. By the end of September enough shelves were built and enough books gathered to open - just in time for Woosterfest. The store opened with about 8000 books. By the end of December, 1989 there were 14,000. Three
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