Village Books Moves to New Store

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On Saturday, Oct 23, 2004, at 5 pm, Village Books closed its doors at the old building it has occupied for 20 years. Owners Chuck and Dee Robinson, their store staff and about 120 customers who had volunteered started the process of moving close to 100,000 books to their new store. Below are some photos of the Saturday night and all day Sunday work.

Below are four photos from the moving party.
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The children’s books section is lined with windows along the back wall. Here, Jasmine puts books onto the shelves. The windows look out onto the Village Green. The kids have the best place in the whole store.

New books are right next to used books in the new store. If you find a book you like, you can go bargain or brand new without having to go to the old bargain basement to check for a book. A unique concept that is working at book stores in other cities.

Dee Robinson explains the moving plan to the volunteers. Over the past couple weeks, over 100 customers have signed up to help with the big move.



As the evening moved on, shelves were installed, and thousands of books kept moving to the new store. About 120 volunteers, customers of the bookstore, worked shifts late into Saturday night.

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