"For 40 years, starting in her Belcaro basement and ultimately moving to the packed shop dubbed The Bookies at 4315 E. Mississippi Ave.," owner Sue Lubeck "has sown the seeds of reading and learning into thousands of growing minds," the Denver Post reported in a profile of the woman who is "something of a literary Johnny Appleseed in the Mile High City."
"I don't always work on the floor," she said. "But whenever I do, I always get these great compliments on the store." The Bookies was one of the recipients of James Patterson's recent indie bookstore grants. "It's a really nice feeling," Lubeck noted. "It's really a feather in our cap." Asked if she has considered retiring, Lubeck, said, "I don't even want to think about it. Nothing's the same two days in a row here."
