Horizontal Books is Open for Business!
You can imagine my surprise when I found out that the Bookstore on West 25th, which closed last year, was going to be replaced with ... another bookstore. (Which actually kind of sucks, now that I'm going to be moving out of Ohio City.)
Horizontal Books, which advertises a progressive discount system (50% off for the first book, 60% for the second, etc.), opened this past Saturday.
For weeks now I've walked past the place as they've put up shelves, then filled the shelves with books, then placed a "sorry, we're closed" sign in the front window in preparation for the big flip over to "open, come on in!"
I popped in briefly this evening as they were getting ready to close. The place smells like new lumber and sawdust, and they've adopted the "face-out" shelving technique that I recall being particularly enamored of as a YA librarian -- all the books are displayed with their covers facing out, which means there aren't as many books in the store, but the ones that are there mean business. They want you to see them, and they want to get bought.
So next time you're at the West Side Market, pop in and grab a handful of new cookbooks.
Horizontal Books, 1921 West 25th St, Cleveland. Hours are in the vicinity of Monday-Saturday, 10-6. Sorry, I was too dopey with excitement to notice if they were open Sunday.
Horizontal Books, which advertises a progressive discount system (50% off for the first book, 60% for the second, etc.), opened this past Saturday.
For weeks now I've walked past the place as they've put up shelves, then filled the shelves with books, then placed a "sorry, we're closed" sign in the front window in preparation for the big flip over to "open, come on in!"
I popped in briefly this evening as they were getting ready to close. The place smells like new lumber and sawdust, and they've adopted the "face-out" shelving technique that I recall being particularly enamored of as a YA librarian -- all the books are displayed with their covers facing out, which means there aren't as many books in the store, but the ones that are there mean business. They want you to see them, and they want to get bought.
So next time you're at the West Side Market, pop in and grab a handful of new cookbooks.
Horizontal Books, 1921 West 25th St, Cleveland. Hours are in the vicinity of Monday-Saturday, 10-6. Sorry, I was too dopey with excitement to notice if they were open Sunday.
posted by Christine Borne at 6:02 PM
3 Comments:
I saw that!
Though there's a part of me that missed the chaos that made the old one so perfect for treasure-hunting.
Yay! I'll stop by and check it out.
I stopped in today and was impressed. I love the cover-out display and the randomness of some of their stock -- I definitely recommend this place!
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