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Debby Hensley Rudd and Clarey Rudd, owners of Bank of Books and Abednego Book Shoppe in Ventura, Calif., have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help them open a new Bank of Books location in Santa Paula, Calif. They are asking for a total of $17,000 and have so far raised just shy of $13,000.
During the pandemic, they explained, they've been inundated in used books, and for months now they've been looking for warehouse space. They've found a location at 820 E. Main Street in Santa Paula that will give them warehouse space in the basement as well as enough room on the main floor to open another Bank of Books, which sells both new and used titles.
The immediate need, the Rudds wrote, is "$14,000 to secure the lease." Any remaining funds will go toward moving expenses and set-up costs, new bookcases, office equipment, new signage and more inventory. In addition to the Santa Paula store being a "fully-stocked, multi-genre carrier of new and used books, there will be an emphasis on home schooling and children's events."
"We want to be an asset to Santa Paula and main street businesses," they wrote. "The place we found in Santa Paula is a win-win for all."