Displaced Pages, a new and used bookstore, will open April 27, Independent Bookstore Day, in T&T Vendors Mall at 601 Commerce Dr., Owensboro, Ky. The Owensboro Times reported that owner Virginia Hardesty "learned that Owensboro is a book-reading town after she started the Silent Book Club last year. Now, through her new business Displaced Pages, she wants to make buying books easier for residents."
"Independent bookstores [like mine] are going to be more personable. They are very into the community and being in your corner as far as inclusivity and diversity," she said, adding that she doesn't aim to replace large stores or the library, but to complement those spaces and allow a direct way for readers to find books they may not be able to elsewhere. In addition to the collection of new books available, the business will also have used books for sale.
Hardesty also said she plans to find ways to help people connect to the books they love as well as fellow book readers. "That's why I think bookstores and book clubs are very important," she noted. "There are so many people I've talked to that I had no idea they even read outside-of-school stuff. So it's good to get the word out and meet more people with your interests."