By Hand, Ink, a calligraphy art and gift store in Hilton Head, S.C., "expanded its book offerings from just three shelves to much more when the store moved to a larger space within its current shopping center location," Bookselling This Week reported. In November 2015, owner Bobbi Hahn opened her shop in a 192-square-foot retail space on the ground floor of the Sea Pines Shopping Center with an inventory that included just "a couple hundred books spread over three shelves."
This May, By Hand, Ink relocated to a new 502-square-foot space next door that has a better layout and more room for books. "It's really nice because the space has got a nice flow to it and there's one long wall, which I tell people was screaming for bookshelves," Hahn said.
The shop now features "five full-sized bookshelves and two half-sized bookshelves, and Hahn said she would like to bring in even more books to further transform the shop," BTW wrote, adding that "her goal is to make her store a destination for people seeking good reads, whether it's fiction, nonfiction, books by Southern writers, books about South Carolina or Civil War history, or books about the area.... Her book collection also focuses on new releases, mostly by female authors, as well as books written by local authors."