Gathering Volumes bookstore debuted earlier this summer on East South Boundary St. in Perrysburg, Ohio. Co-owners Brian and Denise Phillips, "both longtime supporters of independently owned bookstores," moved to Perrysburg five years ago, but because "they found no independent bookstores in the local area, they continued traveling to Ann Arbor to patronize shops there, rather than shopping at the 'big-box' or chain bookstores," the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune reported. Now they have opened their own.
"People are coming in, we're getting a good response," Brian Phillips said, adding that Gathering Volumes will "put the service back into it so people feel like the store's a part of the community."
"Everyone who comes in is super positive," Denise Phillips observed, noting that customers are asked to provide feedback on the stock. "That's what sets an independent bookstore apart, right? We want to have the books that the community is looking for."