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Pagination Bookshop, "a cozy, independent bookstore, complete with a fireplace and a Harry Potter-inspired cupboard under the stairs," will be opening later this year at 1150 E. Walnut St. in Springfield, Mo., the News-Leader reported. Owned by Jennifer Murvin and Kory Cooper, the shop will sell new and used titles "with an emphasis on books from independent publishing presses, small presses and local authors," as well as literary gifts and stationery.
"We really want to spend time curating choices of books for our particular community," Murvin said. "It's my goal to invite writer friends, friends in the literary arts to curate special shelves in their areas of expertise as recommendations for people."
They purchased the house, which was originally built in 1905 and remodeled with an addition in 1925, in August. Murvin said the moment they walked inside and saw its wide, airy living room, built-in bookshelves and cupboard under the stairs, they knew they had found what they were looking for, a "dream bookstore house.... We thought, okay, this is it. This is the perfect space."
The owners also have plans to convert the top floor into bed-and-breakfast suites. "Anybody can stay there, but in my mind I envision artists and writers staying up there and having the energy from hundreds and hundreds of books floating up from the bottom floor into their head," Murvin noted. "We felt Walnut Street was the absolutely perfect location for us. It's close enough to the university, close to Pickwick... close to downtown. We hope everyone feels like we're their neighborhood bookstore."