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Want to set up a small business selling poetry books - new and used- on my boat in London. I am aware that poetry is an incredibly niche market - and I can find hardly any poetry-only bookstores or any data on how big this industry is.
Is this at all worth pursuing? It will start off very small and without a set mooring location, but my hope is that the novelty and serendipity of it being on a boat will encourage more people to try out poetry. But it worries me that no one else is doing this, and suggests it’s doomed to fail lol…
My best advice would be to connect the Hay on Wye poetry book shop and the Poetry Pharmacy, and maybe contact the organisers for Ledbury poetry festival to really understand the market and demand for poetry and the viability of your idea. It might be that your floating shop could be part of different book festivals and events across the country, which does have appeal and novelty, but best to talk to other shop owners to get better input.
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