After launching Lit and Lore as a pop-up bookstore, owner Olivia Jenkins has created a crowdfunding campaign to help open a bricks-and-mortar location in Fremont, Ohio, 13ActionNews reported.
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Jenkins has found a space at 118 South Front St. in downtown Fremont and is aiming for an October opening. She hopes to raise $25,000 through Kickstarter, which will go toward start-up costs like inventory, shelving, furniture, and POS equipment. Backer rewards include personalized thank-you letters, store-branded merchandise, discounts, and more. So far the campaign has raised $7,146 with eight days left to go.
The bookstore will carry titles for all ages, with Jenkins writing on the Kickstarter page: "We're creating a soft-lit, story-filled escape with new and old titles, seasonal events, cozy book clubs, and curated bookish treasures. Picture shelves sprinkled with fantasy, romance, and adventure, a reading nook that feels like a warm hug, and tote bags that say exactly what your bookish soul is feeling."
Jenkins told 13ActionNews that she started the bookstore to fill a void in the Fremont community. "There was so many people that were like, we need a bookstore, we need this here, this is an amenity that we don't have."