17 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Bookstores

17. BOOKSELLERS AREN’T IN IT FOR THE MONEY.
In fact, most of them have second jobs or need monetary support from family members. “It is definitely a work of passion for everyone that I know,” Marshall says. “We don’t do it for the money, we don’t do it because we have any power or prestige. It’s genuinely just that we love books and we love getting them into people's hands.”
A version of this story first ran in 2016.