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To those of us book-lovers who occasionally dream about opening up a bookstore, Edith Reynolds' current blog post will be of interest: "What do you need to run a shop?" Edith and her husband Dan own The John Bale Book Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, and Edith is Editor of The Bookologist. Edith reveals that it's people who make a bookstore a success. http://www.bookologist.com