A Bookshop of My Own: The Diary of Opening a Used Bookstore

About A Bookshop of My Own: The Diary of Opening a Used Bookstore

What does it really take to open a used bookstore in 2026? Join me, Stef Tousignant, as I document the messy, inspiring, behind-the-scenes journey from the stacks of donated books in my office to the grand opening of The Phoenix Used Bookshop. This is a diary-style podcast — raw voice memos, real decisions, setbacks and small victories — for anyone who’s ever dreamed of owning a bookstore but wondered what it’s really like.

Publisher

Stef Tousignant

Category

arts · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Sept 2025

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   The Lookback

   Stef takes a step back to recap the three-chapter journey from attempting to buy a bookstore to building and now running one, and shares the marketing moves she’s making to navigate the new customer drop in a changing Larkspur landscape.

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   The Commitment

   Stef walks away from the pop-up to stay focused, discovers a first-edition Grapes of Wrath in storage, launches online book sales with a former bookstore owner, introduces Phoenix Noir (a mysteries/thrillers book club), and finds a hardcover One Morning in Maine left as a gift—a moment that crystallizes why she does this work.

3. 

   3 Sept 2026

   The Next Steps

   Stef consolidates storage, negotiates first right of refusal with the pop-up partner, launches a community book review system to keep books from becoming commodities, and digs into the real business: solving Marin’s ”book problem.”

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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