"After a year of rehabbing the building at 1385 Central Ave.," Braydon Soale opened Crab Apple Books, Middletown, Ohio, a store that "has already generated business from Cincinnati State students as well as Middletown residents," the Journal-News reported.
"I wanted to have something where people can find new and used fiction, nonfiction and history books as people like buying half-price books," he said. "I'm still trying to figure out what Middletown likes to read." His own primary interest is history, which led Soale to write and self-publish From Foggia to Freedom, the story of 50 World War II veterans who were held as prisoners of war in Germany.
"I would love to help people get published," he said, adding that he is planning to renovate the building's basement for book signings and writers workshops.
