So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Space? A Cautionary Tale

Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by olvo on Saturday October 20, 2018 @09:19AM (#18263165)

They go to some lengths to dance around the issue. If you can't pay for the space based on a sustainable amount of donations, or other recurring income, you aren't running a space you are running a business and a lot of businesses fail. There is at least half a century of complaints over gentrification to that point.

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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by coffeefirst on Saturday October 20, 2018 @10:15AM (#18263385)

Right. The rent is the problem. You can find coffee shops/bookstores/wine bars/libraries that will provide or rent out space for these events and it's far less risky.

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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by mcguire on Saturday October 20, 2018 @11:04AM (#18263577)

I double-dog-dare you to find a library that will rent out space for that guy who is welding a 27 foot tall phallus.

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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by JoeAltmaier on Saturday October 20, 2018 @11:08AM (#18263601)

My librarians, a tremendous open-minded free-thinking group, might have a problem with the fire hazard but not the other part!

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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by biztos on Saturday October 20, 2018 @01:14PM (#18264247)

For Burning Man, I presume?

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