Yawn's Books & More, Canton, Ga., is closing its store on Christmas Eve but will remain in operation in a variety of ways, the Cherokee Tribune reported.
Owner Farris Yawn said that the store's publishing, J.C. Penney catalogue and bookkeeping services will continue at another location, where Yawn will host book clubs and author signings. He will also sell books online, take special orders and service schools and churches. "The only thing we're doing is closing the physical bookstore," Yawn told the paper. Yawn opened the store eight years ago.
The publishing operation grew out of the desire of a writers' workshop member to publish her book. "It's been a very surprising but rewarding process," Yawn commented. "It's grown to the point where it needs more attention than I'm really able to give it."
