Chapter House Books will open later this month in Fayetteville, N.C., the Fayetteville Observer reported.
The new and used bookstore will reside at 225 Franklin St. and carry general-interest titles for all ages. Alongside books, there will be greeting cards, pencils, pens, and notebooks, and co-owners Annie Clymer and her husband, Andrew Ridgeway, plan to host book clubs, author readings, and other events.
Clymer--whose previous experience includes managing Odyssey Bookstore in Ithaca, N.Y.--told the Observer that Chapter House is a store "for folks who like, really, love to read, and it doesn't matter what you love to read, but people who appreciate a physical book. We're hoping that a little kid can come in and find something they're excited about, and also maybe your grandpa can come in and find something that he's excited about."
Ridgeway and Clymer, who met at a bookstore, moved to Fayetteville last July, after Ridgeway accepted a teaching position at Methodist University. Clymer was struck by the amount of enthusiastic readers in Fayetteville, and she noted that her plans for Chapter House have met with an encouraging response.
"Everybody that I've talked to, specifically about the bookstore, has been very supportive and very excited to have more places to come and find new things to read," she said. "We just want to add to the literary community."