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Poor Charlotte's Books, a "romance-forward bookstore serving Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati," hosted its grand opening on October 25 at 112 West Pike St. in Covington, Ky.
Owner Leslie Schicht "came across a map of romance book stores around the country and noticed that the closest one to Northern Kentucky was in Louisville," LINK nky reported.
"And I was just like, 'Oh my gosh, that's all I want to do today is walk into a store and talk to someone who can point me to 10 books that I'm gonna love," said Schicht. "And I realized that there was nothing anywhere close to where we are.... I just kind of like 'wait, I could do that, I've read enough of these. I know this genre.' So it just kind of stuck in my mind. And I just started pursuing it."
To start her new business, Schicht said she worked with Aviatra Accelerators, a Covington entrepreneurial nonprofit that supports women-owned startups and small businesses, and "they've been wonderful in helping me learn how to run a small business, because that's not my background at all."
Poor Charlotte's is opening in Aviatra's retail pop-up space, but Schicht said she doesn't want to call her shop a pop-up because the plan is to be in in the space for at least a few months, after which "we might stay for a little longer. We might find a different space. I'm not sure what the future holds."
Schicht added that if she were to open somewhere permanent, "it would have to be in Covington. I'm from here. I moved away for 20 years, and then I moved back, and I think Covington is the right fit for this type of store..... I can't wait to meet all these people who love what I love. It's going to be so much fun."