Halfway through opening year, Book Nook on Main continues excitement

By Caitlyn Gregory | Winchester Sun

Since open­ing in January of this year, the Book Nook on Main has seen a steady flow of busi­ness in the com­mu­ni­ty. Run and owned by Bree Bowman, the store sells a hand-picked selec­tion of books, rang­ing from children’s books to romance nov­els. With the entire store being dec­o­rat­ed like the cor­ner of a fairy for­est, the buy­ing expe­ri­ence is best described as mag­i­cal. With plans to expand in the near future, many things are antic­i­pat­ed to change in the store in the com­ing months. 

Located above High Speed Collectibles, Bowman start­ed the busi­ness with her hus­band, James Bowman, who owns High Speed Collectibles. The busi­ness was his idea after he noticed how pas­sion­ate she was about books and read­ing. Together, the cou­ple worked to cre­ate a wel­com­ing, cozy atmos­phere for all ages. To cre­ate many of their inte­ri­or dec­o­ra­tions, employ­ees at her husband’s shop even came in to work dur­ing the last hours before open­ing. All of their hard work paid off in the end, with the entire store becom­ing a space where one can final­ly relax in a safe place. 

With this being the first time Bree Bowman has run a busi­ness, she stat­ed, “It was cer­tain­ly dif­fi­cult in the begin­ning. I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for many years, so stress wasn’t exact­ly new to me, but there’s much more involved in run­ning a book­store than I first thought. It’s a whole lot eas­i­er now that I know what’s going on!” From order­ing books, keep­ing up with stock, and find­ing the best place to get her prod­uct, the jour­ney from idea to a full book­store has not been easy. 

Despite this, Bowman regrets noth­ing and is eter­nal­ly thank­ful for all the com­mu­ni­ty has done to help her. From kind words to help­ing hands, she has nev­er had issues with start­ing her busi­ness. Her hus­band and broth­er even helped her build a secret room in the store, hous­ing many spe­cial, exclu­sive books. 

Nearly every month, the Book Nook hosts a dif­fer­ent author for book sign­ings, with a large sign­ing event sched­uled for July 25^th. The event will host 12 authors and mul­ti­ple book-themed ven­dors, such as cof­fee and cake-pop ven­dors. Taking place at Whiskey and Wiles, Bowman is still reach­ing out to addi­tion­al inter­est­ed ven­dors and authors to attend the event. 

To keep up to date on events and new books, check out their Facebook page at “Book Nook on Main”, which has already accrued approx­i­mate­ly 4,700 followers.