An interview with Cottage Used Books

Biblio checks in with Cottage Used Books to learn more about their book business, collecting interests and more! To view and shop their inventory, click here.

When did you get started in bookselling?

Jumped into this crazy adventure in 2016! Finally living the dream!

What drew you to bookselling?

When the stacks of books get to high, time to start selling!

Did you have any mentors in becoming a bookseller?

Yes I did! A wonderful lady in a town nearby helped me out so much! I worked in her store before opening my own.

What are your specialties as a dealer?

I think I am still working on my specialty. that will depend on my customers and which direction they want me to grow.

What's the most amazing book you've ever sold?

I am very new so every book I sell is amazing! Each one that goes out the door, I whisper, "Hope I see you back again!"

What is your favorite part of being a bookseller?

This is an easy question! Everything! The books, the people, the reactions I see on faces when they see a great book, and so much more!

Do you have an open storefront or have you in the past?

Yes! Stop by! Love to show off my cottage used bookstore!

If so, do/did you have any bookstore pets?

not yet. Would love to some day.

What is the funniest / strangest / scariest thing that ever happened in your store?

When all our shelves fell down the day after we put them up! Learned a lot about building shelves! I am sure there is a book somewhere that I should of read!

What is your favorite bookshop (other than your own)?

R&B used books in grand blanc, mi.

What do you personally like to read? Collect?

Thrillers and mysteries are probably my favorite, but I can really read anything.

What's your favorite book you personally own? Would you sell it, if the price were right?

Life as we knew it. Will never sell it.

What one book would you buy if price were no object?

Tales of beetle the bard