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
150+
Members & growing
8+
Vehicle types in the Society
Free
Always free to join
2025
Est. Boise, Idaho
What we actually are

A community of mobile booksellers.

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.

We’re still figuring it out too.
✕An influencer project
✕A franchise
✕A startup
✕A solo mission
✓ 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 half-finished parts too. Whether you're tackling insulation or designing your checkout setup, people here get it.

02
Monthly Live Roundtables

A live Roundtable every month with no set agenda. Everyone brings what’s on their mind and we talk it through as a group. Every replay lands in the Members Library.

Live now · in The Fleet
03
Meet the Fleet

Every Fleet member is listed in one place, so you can see who’s rolling near you.

In The Fleet
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

150+ builders and dreamers, growing every week

Members Only · Open Now

The Fleet membership

The free side of the Society is where anyone can ask a question and read along. The Fleet is the group that meets. Live conversations, practical tools, and a smaller room for the real questions.

  • A live Roundtable every month, no set agenda, with every replay in the Members Library
  • A new resource pack each month (templates, checklists, guides)
  • Meet the Fleet, so you can see who’s close by
  • A welcome kit in your mailbox (enamel pin, stickers, bookmark, and a handwritten note)
  • Your rig on the Society’s Instagram (spotlights, rig tours, market-day photos)
$69/year  ·  founding rate $49/year, locked for life, for the first 20 members (through September 30)
Join the Fleet

The free side of the Society stays free, always.

The occasional email

Want the occasional email from us?

A couple of notes a month, tops: Roundtable dates, new resources, and the stuff you can’t google.

MBS

Want to
join us?

It’s free to join, and reading along for a while first is totally fine.

Join the Society

The Society is free forever, and the Fleet is open now too.