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When times are tough, how does a small business get the information they need to adapt, survive, and even thrive? For me, the answer is in refining my systems and getting greater clarity on where I'm spending money, when the bills are coming due, and what system is the single source of truth for my business's information. It also helps that consolidating my systems into one CRM like Zoho has allowed me to save money on previous systems.

Join our membership--we have a book box and other perks--by going to https://withfriends.co/the_curious_cat_bookshop/join?utm_campaign=wf-share. April 2026's theme for the adult box (Tabitha Box) is Appalachian Cottagecore Fantasy.

Other Curious Cat Bookshop podcast episodes mentioned in the episode:

Talking about our POS system and starting a bookstore in general: https://youtu.be/no8iBFfUm00

Martha Brockenbrough and Lori Fena discuss generative AI's impact on copyright, the publishing industry, and more: https://youtu.be/39LVh2T3HkY

Bonus: another episode in which I mention these things at least tangentially: Six Things I'd Do Differently: https://youtu.be/ZShB3jnMP3o

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To celebrate our 2nd anniversary in September, we hosted bestselling fantasy author Sarah Beth Durst in a local brewery, Little Red Barn Brewers, where we talked about her beautiful cozy fantasy books, The Spellshop and The Enchanted Greenhouse. Here is that wonderful conversation!

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As we wrap up Banned Books Week, we want to encourage you to take the time to really dig into what it means for us to have the freedom to read year-round, and what that means to us in our democracy. The ABA’s Right to Read Handbook (linked below) is a wonderful easy-to-pick-up start to that thought process, and we highly recommend reading it and banned books with your book club, reading groups, and community organizations.

Further reading:

The ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Revolution in Our Time by Kekla Magoon: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People

PEN America: “The Normalization of Book Banning: Banned in the USA, 2024-2025”

Unite Against Book Bans Book Resumes

American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Statement (Adopted June 25, 1953, by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee; amended January 28, 1972; January 16, 1991; July 12, 2000; June 30, 2004)

The Register Citizen: “Goshen Library puts 'Gender Queer' back on the shelves amid parent complaints”

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