It is nearly impossible to maintain a brick-and-mortar Bookstore in a "technocratic" era in an old money "blue or white" collar fledgling city. I'm old, but not so old... I have a potential balance of decades behind me and before me. What the youth want should not dictate my wants. WordHaven, by definition of its name, is just that; a welcome place for writers, wordsmiths, and readers of "brick-and-mortar" books. We are a rare kind. We acknowledge technology, make great use of it, but realize our sweet spot is in its roots. That is why WordHaven is important. It offers you a human depth that technology and AI misses, if you dare. read more