Nestled in the Northern Catskills, the tiny village of Hobart, New York, is home to around 400 residents, and millions of fascinating characters, all stacked high on shelves. Hobart is a book village. Within one brief block of Main Street, there are seven different bookstores.
When Kathy Duyer retired, she moved to Hobart to surround herself with beautiful scenery and plenty of books. She initially had no intention of selling them - she was buying them. "For about the first two years we were here, we were the best customers of the booksellers that they'd ever had," she said.
But she and her husband eventually opened two small shops – one, Creative Corner Books, that sells cooking and crafting books; and another, New York Books and Ephemera, focused on all aspects of New York. "We really try not to overlap very much on what we carry so that there's something different in every shop," Duyer said. Bookstores have opened up a new chapter for the tiny town of Hobart, N.
Y. CBS News There's a shop that specializes in mysteries (Quarry Books). Behind the children's library (The Book Nook), another shop stocks niche travel books (More Good Books).
The village was inspired by Hay-on-Wye, a thriving Welsh book town that's become a world-renowned destination for bibliophiles. Don Dales..
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