It is not unusual during the summer for stores to find the need to change their store hours, or even close for a specific event. Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia, closes for election day, for special projects like inventory or a renovation, or even because the whole staff is away for the New Voices New Rooms conference.

Owner Janet Geddis created a checklist to follow when the store plans a change in hours or to be temporarily closed for a period, in order to ensure customers and suppliers are informed well in advance and don't find themselves standing in front of the locked door to a dark and empty shop:

Avid Bookshop Store Closure/Change of Hours Checklist

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