Work: An Indie Bookshop Owner |159
Simple
Tsh Oxenreider
4.3 • 879 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Almost a year ago now I chatted with Annie Jones, an independent bookshop owner — she owns The Bookshelf, in right in the heart of beautiful Thomasville, Georgia.
In our chat, Annie shares what it was like to start off as a bookshop owner with zero business background, and the things she had to learn on the sales floor about things like managing a team, and deciding what her community liked — and didn't like — to read.
At the end of the day, Annie's focus is about how to keep the lights on doing something that she confesses is more work than she ever imagined, but wouldn't trade for the world. I know you'll love her.
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| 0:00.0 | This is simple. I'm Tish Hawksen Rider. |
| 0:04.0 | On this podcast we've been doing a twice weekly format where earlier in the week I'll share |
| 0:11.8 | with you a work-themed chat where I talk with a woman who does valuable |
| 0:15.2 | interesting work, and then later in the week I'll share something about the quote, |
| 0:18.6 | other stuff of life. But I'm traveling for the next few weeks with my daughter, so I'm taking a bit of time off work to spend some time with her, |
| 0:26.0 | which means for the next two Thursdays I'm sharing with you a previous conversation I've had with another woman who does good work. |
| 0:32.0 | More on the chat I'm sharing with you woman who does good work. |
| 0:33.0 | More on the chat I'm sharing with you in just a second, |
| 0:35.0 | but friends, first, a quick reminder that for the month of October, |
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