How a Local Bookseller Built a Co-Working Membership That Works

Small Business Success with Fexingo: Local Companies, Main Street Stories, and Community Commerce · Jun 21, 2026 · 7m · transcript

Lucas and Luna visit The Gutter Press, a used bookstore in Portland, Maine, that turned a third of its floor space into a co-working membership. Owner Jenna Quigley shares how she priced it at $150 per month — undercutting WeWork by 60 percent — and landed 42 members in nine months. The episode breaks down the numbers: break-even at 18 members, average member retention of 11 months, and the surprising revenue boost from book sales to members who stay to browse after work. Lucas and Luna discuss the trade-offs between retail and membership models, the local networking that a co-working space…