Describing BookPeople of Moscow as a "Main Street staple" that "offers more than books to the community," the University of Idaho's Argonaut student newspaper showcased the local indie, and owner Carol Price, who purchased the bookshop in 2011 with business partner Steffen Werner.
"In the beginning, when we first had the store, was the time when independent bookstores were still having more of a hard time than they're having now," Price said. "In the last eight years, there's been a resurgence of independent bookstores around the country and as part of that trend, people really began to understand that concept of shopping local and why that's important."
Visiting author Pete Fromm, whose latest book is A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do, said Price "reads really widely and really well. When you go in there, she gets to know you and your tastes and she fits you with books that you probably never would have otherwise read.... I'm not quite sure how she does it. It's a fairly small town and every time I'm there she just packs the store with people and gets them fired up, which can be super hard to do, not just to get people in but to have (people who have) already read the books so the discussions are fun. It's a rare talent to have."