Shelf Awareness usually doesn't report on used bookstores, but today we must make an exception since this story concerns one of the most unusual hybrid stores we've read about.
At Dave's Drive-In Liquor, Fremont, Neb., owner Jeff Rise "has built dozens of feet worth of shelves, accommodating thousands of books, just across the from towering boxes of Miller Lite, Bud Light and a slew of other alcoholic beverages," according to the Fremont Tribune. Altogether the new bookstore stocks more than 3,000 books, and all proceeds go the Friends of the Keene Memorial Library's general fund, which "helps provide funding toward library programming--food for events, hiring an author, bringing in a children's musician and more."
Many of the books were donated originally to the library for its annual book sale, but the library doesn't have enough storage. As a result, Rise, who volunteers regularly at the library, volunteered space in his liquor store.
So far, books and booze appear to be a good mix. "We've got a lot of regulars all of a sudden," Rise told the paper. "People come in now every week or two and load up since I put new books out every week, there's always new stuff for them to find." Rise has raised nearly $2,000 for the library.