Mobile Bookstore Society

Where mobile
booksellers
find each other.

From sketching ideas in your journal to rolling into your tenth event, you belong here. Community, resources, and honest talk from people doing the work.

The Mobile Bookstore Society
135
Members & growing
8+
Vehicle types in fleet
Free
Always free to join
2025
Est. Boise, Idaho
What we actually are

Not a course. Not a platform. A community.

Real people building mobile bookshops and adjacent mobile retail who want to figure it out together. The work is messy, the shelving occasionally falls, and nobody has it all figured out.

"That's the whole point."
A polished course
An influencer project
A franchise
A startup
A real community of builders

Built for people who are building as they go.

01
Build Logs & Progress Threads

Share your process, ask for help, and post the messy middle. Whether you're tackling insulation or designing your checkout setup, people here get it.

02
Monthly Live Roundtables

Live sessions covering real topics: vendor sourcing, event setup, pricing, and whatever the community needs next. Recorded, with a replay library.

Live now · in The Fleet
03
Society Member Map

A living map of mobile bookstores across the country, from napkin-stage ideas to full builds. Proof we’re all in this together.

04
Resources & Templates

Pricing guides, event checklists, permit trackers, and more practical tools for running a mobile bookstore. Growing as the community grows.

New drops monthly
05
Real Advice from Real People

Vendor recs, insulation hacks, layout tips, and lessons learned the hard way. Honest, helpful, and in it together.

Origin Story
Founded by
Dani Scovel
Curbside Books  ·  Trolley Parton  ·  Boise, Idaho

“I wanted a place to ask real questions and get real answers.”

Dani started Curbside Books, a mobile bookstore out of a vintage trolley named Trolley Parton in Boise, Idaho. She wanted a community for people doing the same thing. A place to share questions, get honest answers, and stop figuring it all out alone.

That place didn’t really exist. So she made one. It’s imperfect, still building, and that’s pretty on-brand for the people it’s built for.

The rigs

Trolleys, vans, trailers,
kiosks, and everything in between.

Whatever you’re rolling in, you belong here.

Trolleys
Converted Vans
Trailers
Vintage Campers
Popup Kiosks

135 builders and dreamers, growing every week

Members Only · Open Now

The Fleet membership

The members’ side of the Society, for folks who want to go deeper. Live conversations, practical tools, and a smaller room for the real questions.

  • Monthly live roundtables (a discussion, not a webinar) — recorded, with a replay library
  • A fresh resource drop every month: templates, checklists, guides
  • The Toolkit PDF — sourcing, permits, pricing, POS basics
  • A physical welcome kit: enamel pin, stickers, bookmark, and a handwritten note
  • Your shop pinned on the Society Map
  • Quarterly small-group calls
$69/year  ·  founding rate $49/year, locked for life, for the first 20 members — some spots still open
Join the Fleet

The free Society stays free. Always.

MBS

Ready to find
your people?

Free to join. No pressure. Whether you’re sketching ideas or already rolling, come find your people in the Circle.

Join the Society

The Society is free forever. The Fleet — our members’ side — is open now if you want to go deeper.