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| Jonathan and Kazmira Nedeau | |
Sea Howl Bookshop will open this Saturday, September 5, at 46 Main Street, Orleans, Mass., the site formerly occupied by Main Street Books, which closed recently. The new bookstore is owned by Jonathan and Kazmira Nedeau, who said they "are honored to continue providing a space where all are welcome, and people and books can meet and become great friends."
Sea Howl Bookshop will be offering "a thoughtfully curated selection of new books of all genres," along with a smaller number of used, vintage and out-of-print titles and periodicals, as well as paper goods, puzzles and games.
Opening a new bookstore is an uncertain proposition in the best of times, but a coronavirus pandemic presents special challenges. "We went into this whole thing knowing the risk of another shutdown," Jonathan Nedeau told the Cape Cod Chronicle, adding that the "technology is in place" for online sales and, ironically, it is the pandemic that gave them the time and will to found the business.
"We're both victims of Covid-related layoffs," he noted. They moved to Orleans in 2015 and, for the past five years, Jonathan commuted to work in Boston while Kazmira was employed in marketing and communications for Outer Cape Health Services.
When they learned that Main Street Books was vacant, "they knew they wanted to fulfill a dream by opening a bookstore," the Chronicle wrote.
"In the months we've had this lease, among locals, people are clamoring to have their bookstore back," Nedeau said. "The pressure is building on us."