One of the biggest bookstores in the country...in the middle of nowhere
I've written about this used bookstore before and was delighted to find this video:
The bookstore is literally in the middle of nowhere, among corn and soybeans, yet there are one million books.
They do everything wrong from a business perspective:
No website.
No sign at the end of the driveway.
Only open one day per week.
No advertising.
No profit.
Bad location because there is no foot traffic...or any traffic at all. When I first went there Google Maps couldn't give me directions. A bookseller who frequents the store had to give me directions.
Yet in doing everything wrong there's something so right about their business.
The bookstore is literally in the middle of nowhere, among corn and soybeans, yet there are one million books.
They do everything wrong from a business perspective:
No website.
No sign at the end of the driveway.
Only open one day per week.
No advertising.
No profit.
Bad location because there is no foot traffic...or any traffic at all. When I first went there Google Maps couldn't give me directions. A bookseller who frequents the store had to give me directions.
Yet in doing everything wrong there's something so right about their business.


