Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, Ohio, will close September 27 after more than seven years in business. Owner Dave Ferrante posted on Facebook yesterday: "We want to thank all of our loyal customers, the Tremont community and everyone who has aided and abetted the store for all these years. It truly has been a pleasure.... It has been a great experience and I have been very lucky to meet many great and interesting people throughout the years. I also want to thank the staff that I work with on a daily basis. They are a hard working, loyal group of people who represented the store exceptionally."
Ferrante told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he had "been mulling this over since January. There just wasn't enough foot traffic to support the business model. I have another full-time job and my daughter. I was just getting spread too thin.... It's bittersweet. Even though the store is closing, I've met so many people and have enjoyed some really great relationships. Those are things I will take with me so it's not all loss. I'm going to take some time off to decide what I will do next. I wouldn't rule out another bookstore."
