Courtesy of Main Street Books
- A former biology teacher, Adah Fitzgerald, bought a small-town bookstore in 2015.
- Over the past nearly nine years, she's enhanced the shop and gone from breakeven to profitable.
- In addition to business strategy, she shared mistakes she'd made and how she endured the pandemic.
- This article is part of "Banking on Small Business," a series about wise money management by small business owners.
Outside the front door of Main Street Books sits a three-tiered cart with neatly stacked brown bags filled with books.
"Curbside pickup" is handwritten in chalk on the side of the cart.