While not every sideline in the store will be book-related, there are lots of bird-themed items that tie into the store's name. She's also in talks with a local artist to do an art installation on one of the bookstore's walls. She has puzzles, games, candies and coffee mugs, and she's working on partnering with a local institution called the Holmes Art Cellar, which is a bit out of the way from downtown, to display and sell the works of local artists. Erickson is currently working on her opening orders, and she remarked that when it comes to fiction she is very much attracted to the idea of "newest thing that just came out." She finds it difficult to read through things like the IndieNext list without "stopping and reading the description of every book."Īsked about her plans for sidelines and nonbook items, Erickson said the store's overall inventory split will be about 75% books and 25% sidelines. Thanks to the input of her teenage children, there will also be plenty of graphic novels and YA fiction. She is aiming for a mid-May opening for the 1,850-square-foot bookstore, which will sell new titles for children, teens and adults.īluebird Books will carry titles across all genres, with Erickson noting there will be a particularly robust children's section as well as an emphasis on adult fiction. Later this spring Amy Erickson will fulfill a "lifelong dream" when she opens Bluebird Books in downtown Detroit Lakes, Minn.
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