Piebald Shark Books, a mobile bookstore founded in 2023, has established a long-term pop-up at a new brewery in Fort Wayne, Ind., Wane15 reported.
The pop-up resides in the merchandise section of Chapman's Brewing Company's new location in the Electric Works development. Per the arrangement, Piebald Shark proprietors Nick Tash and Sarah Suraci keep 100% of the profits from the books they sell at the brewery. Their selection emphasizes titles "you maybe wouldn't find at a big box book retailer," such as "unusual art books" and "neglected classics" from around the world.
Tash told Wane15 that the reception to Piebald Shark has been "very positive," and the brewery pop-up will allow them to "get our name out there in a bigger way, specially in an environment like Electric Works where there's a lot of people coming through and looking for new things."
Tash and Suraci will continue to hold other pop-up appearances while the Electric Works pop-up is in residence, and eventually would like to open a bricks-and-mortar store of their own.
"Fort Wayne has a lot of great bookstores," Tash said, "but there is something missing, and that is a local, independent bookstore selling new books."