By Alanna Huggett, Staff Writer, The Spectator
Customers walking into Dotters Books for its official grand opening recently were greeted with the smell of coffee brewing, an abundance of book titles and gentle background music.
Book lovers young and old eagerly browsed the expansive selection at Dotters Books. Although it had been open for a little over two weeks, Dotters Books celebrated its transition from online-only to brick and mortar on Oct. 6.
For co-owners Margaret Leonard and Jill Heinke Moen, opening a bookstore has been an exciting process. Leonard and Heinke Moen said some of the best parts of being owners of Dotters Books include the support they’ve received from neighbors and the chance to create a welcoming environment for bookies of all kinds.
“Stocking books you really love — when you put them on the shelf and you know that somebody’s going to find it and maybe they’ll love it as much as you do,” Leonard said.
The inspiration for the name of the store, Dotters Books, pays homage to the Scandinavian roots of the Eau Claire area, as ‘dotters’ is the Swedish word for ‘daughters.’
“We were seeing a lot of businesses are (named) Smith and Sons or whatever and we were like why are there no daughters?” Leonard said. “And then that kind of clicked for us.” Click here to read the entire article in The Spectator.
Huggett can be reached at huggetam3698@uwec.edu.
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