In 2003, just before she earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Cal State Long Beach, Sé Reed decided to open a used-book store with friend Shea Gauer. It was time, after all: A self-confessed “bookaholic,” Reed had spent years slaving in commercial bookstores and obsessively collecting tomes on the side. She now realized she had a problem. “I knew that if I didn’t have some access to a bookstore 24/7, I was going to go broke buying books—or work at Barnes & Noble all my life. I had piles of books in the living room and boxes in my car, and I just kept getting more. It was taking over my roommates’... More >>>