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Episode 274: How do you become a neighborhood bookstore? w/Spoke & Word Books

Episode 274: How do you become a neighborhood bookstore? w/Spoke & Word Books

Update: 2024-08-08

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This month for the #BookstoreSolidarityProject, we hung out with Cierra, owner of Portland-local bookstore Spoke & Word!

We talked about bookselling, strategic romance and genre placement, and how much of a fan Joe's doctor is of them.

Check out Spoke & Word's site: https://www.spokeandwordbooks.com/

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Episode 274: How do you become a neighborhood bookstore? w/Spoke & Word Books

Episode 274: How do you become a neighborhood bookstore? w/Spoke & Word Books

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