If you noticed the newer real estate sign that has recently been in front of the Lochwood bookstore, you need to know that we have finally been able to sell this building. Thus we will be trying to move this bookstore (and ONLY this bookstore) to a new and better location very close by here in the neighborhood.

We have negotiated a deal for the space that we have had our eye on for the last year and have told their representative that we want to move in pending coming up with the resources to be able to sign a lease with them.

The recent sale of the current building, at a substantial loss, only provided enough funds to pay a lot of obligations that we had accumulated in the last few years since moving to this neighborhood and opening the bookstore in Oak Cliff. We did not walk away with any cash with which to make this move to a new location.

So the future of the bookstore in this neighborhood depends on our sales in the next couple weeks. We need to first raise the money to sign the lease on the new space before we lose it to someone else. And then we need to make enough more to pay for the expenses of the actual move itself and getting established in the new location which is only a couple blocks from where we are now.

Thus we need your help in spreading the word to your family, friends and neighbors so that they will know that the bookstore being able to stay in this neighborhood is at stake and that we need a very tangible demonstration of the need and desire for it to remain.

Many of you have already signed up to volunteer to help with a move, and our hearts are warmed by your willingness to participate in a direct way in a large project like this. We will contact each of you as see how this is shaking out to let you know about opportunities to pitch in. For others who would like to help out, there is a sign up sheet at the check out counter at the bookstore, or you can email me as below.

If you have further questions about any of this, I will be happy to try to answer them for you if you will email me at john@luckydogbooks.com with the word “bookstore” in the subject line.

YOUNGER READERS

Younger readers are very important to the bookstores. We want to encourage you to encourage them to read. So keep us in mind as a pretty inexpensive, quieter than average place to spend some time with your child, grandchild, niece or nephew.