Every now and then you meet a fellow professional who understands the quirky, hard to explain nature of your business. From very early on in my booktruck journey, I met one such business owner: Hilary Atleo, owner of Iron Dog Books in British Columbia. Iron Dogs was the second bookshop on wheels in Canada, and I had the pleasure of meeting her and seeing how her business operated in real life. Today I am chatting with Hilary about why she does this crazy job, how it has changed since she began and why she chose to pursue an "immobile" bookshop at the end of last year. If you are considering a mobile business of your own, get out your paper and pen, make notes as you listen and compile your list of questions for mobile business owners in your town.
Find Iron Dog Books:
2671 East Hastings St, Vancouver, British Columbia V5K 1Z5
www.irondogbooks.com
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Books/Links we Discussed:
Refill Road - Vancouver
Commodore's Boats
Year of Living Biblically
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Plum Rains
The Yarn Whisperer
The Weather Detective
The Salt Path
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Chapter 60: 13 Books
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Chapter 57: Books as a Lifeline & the Value of Community with Melissa Ahmed
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