Pig City Books, a pop-up and e-commerce bookstore launched in June by Sedley Abercrombie and her daughter Emma, will evolve into a bricks-and-mortar store in the near future in uptown Lexington, N.C., the Dispatch reported.
"We are actively looking for a place," said Sedley Abercrombie. "We are looking for the right place that is sustainable."
The co-owners believe that "now is the time to strike to open a bookstore in downtown Lexington for several reasons," the Dispatch wrote. "One, there is so much great literature coming out weekly, they said.... Two, the buy-local movement has created a new generation of people who understand how spending their money in their hometowns supports local infrastructure. And three, both women said people value the social experience of visiting a bookstore and its events, which they have several planned."
After launching a successful book club called Books and Brews, which meets at Goose and the Monkey Brew House in Lexington, Sedley Abercrombie told her daughter, "Lexington really needs a bookstore."
"I said, 'Let's do it,' " Emma Abercrombie recalled. "This is happening so fast. We made Facebook and Instagram pages and things just really took off."
"You can spend $7.99 for a six-pack at a grocery store and have something to drink at home or you can spend that at Goose and the Monkey and have a drink and the social experience," Sedley Abercrombie noted. "People value that, and they will in a bookstore, too. There is something about coming in and talking with the staff and being guided to new books, attending a book club meeting, or author's event."
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The Abercrombies had pop-up bookshops at the Juneteenth celebration and Pride events in Lexington. Last weekend they held pop-up bookstores at the Ravenwood Collective store in downtown Lexington and the Arcadia Community Market in northern Davidson County.
Sedley Abercrombie has years of experience as a librarian and media specialist with Davidson County Schools and the Davidson County Public Library system. She is currently the branch manager at the West Davidson Library and has accepted a new position with the Lexington City Schools system this fall.
"I try to stay on top of what is out there and what is coming out," she said. "My experience as a librarian helps me. I know authors. At the store, we will have book signings, book talks, book clubs and other events."