When Andi Bailey was laid off from her tech job, she determined to revisit an outdated dream: proudly owning a bookstore. Then a 1961 Studebaker Champ turned up on Fb Market, and an concept bubble popped over her head.
“If I didn’t do that now,” she advised Newport Life Journal, “I didn’t know after I’d have the chance to do it.” In lower than a month, Bailey had shelving constructed into the truck mattress, and her cellular bookstore, Flatbed Fiction, debuted at Grafik Espresso in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
The truck has since gone viral on TikTok and rolls up at espresso retailers, farms, artisan markets and beachside sundown readings, stocked with romance (Bailey’s favourite), horror and thrillers. Bailey now works remotely 5 days per week and calls the aspect hustle bookstore her “touch-grass” escape.
Regardless of the success, she isn’t chasing development targets. “It’s actually about popping up the place I can, assembly individuals,” she says.
When Andi Bailey was laid off from her tech job, she determined to revisit an outdated dream: proudly owning a bookstore. Then a 1961 Studebaker Champ turned up on Fb Market, and an concept bubble popped over her head.
“If I didn’t do that now,” she advised Newport Life Journal, “I didn’t know after I’d have the chance to do it.” In lower than a month, Bailey had shelving constructed into the truck mattress, and her cellular bookstore, Flatbed Fiction, debuted at Grafik Espresso in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
The truck has since gone viral on TikTok and rolls up at espresso retailers, farms, artisan markets and beachside sundown readings, stocked with romance (Bailey’s favourite), horror and thrillers. Bailey now works remotely 5 days per week and calls the aspect hustle bookstore her “touch-grass” escape.
Regardless of the success, she isn’t chasing development targets. “It’s actually about popping up the place I can, assembly individuals,” she says.
