From personal project to a community hub: the story of a bookshop

Smaragda, founder of a bookstore Poli Cool, shares the unexpected, chaotic, and heart-warming story of how it went from a personal project to a full online bookshop.

What started with a few book promotions, a first book’s royalties, and absolutely no idea how to run a bookstore quickly grew into a catalogue of over 500 titles for children and adults.

@Popagandagr‬ is a Sphera Network member and this story is part of our “Technology” series.

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