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Avid Bookshop
Building a new kind of bookstore business
by, Jill Swenson
October 29, 2011

There’s a new bookstore in Athens, Georgia, with a different kind of business model. After four years of planning, learning, getting financing in place and finding the perfect location at 493 Prince Avenue, Janet Geddis opened Avid Bookshop this month. Last Friday night’s grand opening celebration crowded customers into tight corners and out the doors into the streets like a festival. Listen to this podcast… [Read More]

Filed Under: Athens GA, Avid Bookshop, brick-and-mortar storefront, Janet Geddis, Mary Whitehead, Neil Priest, online bookseller, Prince Avenue, True South Radio
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