Wednesday, May 6, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Page by Paige
By Paige Bentley-Flannery
BOOKSTORE: Beloved
Sisters shop needs
community support
Community Librarian
Writers & Lovers by Lily
King
Are you a writer? Casey
Peabody had been working
on her novel for six years.
She9s mending her heart and
piecing her life back together
after her mother9s sudden
death and the end of a love
affair. While all of her friends
have moved on with success-
ful careers and family life,
she9s living in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, waiting tables
in Harvard Square and writ-
ing in a tiny rented room.
She9s emotional and stuck
without a plan. When two
very different lovers enter
her life, is one a better fit
than the other? Both are writ-
ers and the conversations are
engaging and literary. But
can she handle her own feel-
ings while balancing the pres-
sure of finishing her book and
being in a relationship? How
will she move forward?
King delivers a novel
filled with hope, friendship
and romance. Readers will
appreciate the honest strug-
gles of a writer, the publish-
ing world, and finding time to
write. Join The Library Book
Club to discuss <Writers &
Lovers= by Lily King online
via Zoom on Wednesday,
May 27, at 5:30 p.m.
Available now on Hoopla at
www.deschuteslibrary.org.
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The GoFundMe page can
be found at www.gofundme.
com/f/paulina-springs-
books-needs-your-help.
The campaign page pro-
vides a breakdown of what
donated funds will be used
for.
<It9s basically to cover
payroll, occupancy, and lia-
bility,= he said.
Independent bookstores
have been battered over the
past decade by changes in
reading habits, changes in
the publishing industry and
the rise of Amazon.com. But
quality indies have found
niches and some traction
in recent years 4 Paulina
Springs Books among them.
As the third owner of
the store, Jacobson built on
a loyal customer base, both
among locals and among
visitors, and was moving the
store into a new level of suc-
cess and activity as a cultural
hub. It was the headquar-
ters of the Sisters Festival
of Books, which had a suc-
cessful inaugural event last
fall. Jacobson announced
last week that the 2020 festi-
val set for October would be
canceled due to COVID-19
concerns.
Paulina Springs has
remained open through the
pandemic shutdown, with
a point-of-purchase table
at the door. Customers can
order books for store pick-
up or deliver to their home,
but they cannot come in and
browse. The <takeout= busi-
ness has allowed Paulina
Springs to <tread water=
Jacobson said, but without
the prospect of a real sum-
mer season, merely treading
water will inevitably become
slowly sinking under.
The staff remains intact
and Jacobson wants to ensure
that it stays that way.
<The staff is what makes
the store the store, and gives
it its character and culture
and all that,= he said. <I9m
really reluctant to change
that.=
Jacobson acknowledged
that there has been a nation-
wide Save Indie Book Stores
campaign, led by bestselling
author James Patterson. The
campaign has raised substan-
tial funds, but the need is so
widespread and acute that no
bookstore can count on it as
a lifeline.
<I would be surprised if
it9s even $1,000 that we get,=
he said.
Jacobson foresees a
restricted level of commerce
this summer.
<At best, I imagine being
able to have a limited number
of people in the store at any
one time,= he said.
The safety and well-being
of staff and customers is the
top priority for Jacobson.
<We9re committed to fol-
lowing CDC guidelines, even
PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS
Lane Jacobson and Sue Tank manned the “takeout” point-of-sale table
at the front door of Paulina Springs Books on Thursday, April 30. The
bookstore is seeking direct community support to survive the economic
fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
if they9re more strict than
government regulations,= he
said.
Browsing the shelves is
a key aspect of a bookstore
experience, as are events
with authors and other types
of gatherings, and Jacobson
recognizes that those will be
limited for the foreseeable
future. He plans on develop-
ing some <digital events,=
perhaps connecting with
authors remotely online, and
will continue to promote the
use of the Paulina Springs9
online store.
For more information,
visit https://www.paulina
springsbooks.com.
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YOUR HOMETOWN BOOKSTORE APPRECIATES
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a breakdown of how your contribution will be used to help us serve
our loving community for years to come.
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