[Vision2020] Bookpeople: Big News!

[Darrell Keim]

Fantastic news!

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Bill London <london at moscow.com> wrote:

>    *Robert Greene, after 31 years of ownership, is proud to announce the
> sale of BookPeople of Moscow to Carol Spurling, whose millennial baby son
> was born November 11th at 11:30 PM and will be turning eleven years old
> today, and Steffen Werner. Robert Greene will maintain effective management
> of BookPeople until December 28th, 2011, eleven years to the date that
> BookPeople moved across the street to our present location at 521 South
> Main Street. In the meantime, you should all come in and buy a lot of books
> to take advantage of the great sales we have going on – you can do your
> holiday shopping early and celebrate with great glee and abandon. *
>
> *Betsy Dickow will continue to work at BookPeople with the new owners and
> manager, and she will continue to do book appraisals as well. Betsy is
> looking forward to many more years of BookPeople but she will only be
> working at the store part-time. Bob thanks her for her sixteen years of
> support and hard work! *
>
> *We’re going to let Carol Spurling, who will be the new manager of
> BookPeople, speak for herself now, but first we’d like let the friends and
> customers who have supported us these many years know how much they’ve
> meant to us. Thank you for all your help!*
>
> **
>
> *Carol says, "Being an owner - or at least part-owner - of a great
> independent bookstore has been my dream since I was very young."*
>
> *"Bookpeople is a beloved institution in Moscow and the Northwest and
> we're honored to be entrusted with its care into the future. Kudos to Bob,
> who has kept it going for so many years while many small independent
> bookstores have struggled to survive. We want to preserve everything that
> makes Bookpeople great and establish a good relationship with its loyal
> customers, and of course look forward to putting our own stamp on the store
> and bringing in lots of new customers as well."*
>
> *"I just love to read and I look forward to sharing that love with our
> customers, and helping to expand our strong community of readers here on
> the Palouse."*
>
>
> *We’ll be leaving the store management position in good hands - Carol
> Spurling has been a bookseller at Old Harbor Books in Sitka, Alaska, and
> formerly managed Brused Books in Pullman for three years. She is also a
> published freelance writer. Carol has a B.A. in English from Central
> College, an M.A. in Literature from the University of Montana, and a B.A.
> in French from the University of Idaho. She is currently the outreach and
> ownership coordinator at the Moscow Food Co-op. She can be contacted at
> 208-669-0763.*
>
> *Working at BookPeople is only as much fun as the customers who come in
> on a daily basis to visit, and we’d like to tell everyone again how much
> their business, support, and friendship has meant to us in the last 31
> years! We’re sending this announcement out on the auspicious day of
> 11/11/11, at 11:11 AM, to welcome you all to the start of great new
> beginnings for all parties! Thank you! Come and see us early and often! *
>
> *Sincerely,*
>
> *Bob Greene *
>
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