Justin and Laura Kendall opened Second Flight Books, which sells new and used titles, last fall at Market Square Shopping Center in Lafayette, Ind. The Leader reported that when Earl Plaza Books "announced last year it planned to close its doors, it found a home for its shelves and much of its inventory in Second Flight Books." Since then, the Kendalls have "gradually expanded the layout to accommodate a mix of new titles along with trade-ins and, of course, plenty of inventory from Earl Plaza Books."
"We had found this place literally the day before we had to move everything out of Earl Plaza," said Justin Kendall of their quest to find a location under a deadline.
In a post on the store's website titled "Why I'm Opening a Bookstore," Laura Kendall observed: "When you tell people you're opening a bookstore, you get a lot of interesting looks. You get big-eyed reactions and unsuccessful attempts to hide fear and anxiety for your plans. In a world of smart phones and e-books, a lot of people think our population has stopped reading print, but they haven't. I'm a millennial--part of the generation that people assume live on screens--and I want a solid book in my hands. I want the smell of paper, of dust even. I want a tactile thing to curl up with. I want dog-eared pages and the ability to scribble inside them if the words merit scribbling about. And this is why after years of working a 'safe' government job I'm opening up my life to a store full of books."