& music type family business industry books founded 1982 headquarters grand rapids michigan key people bill fehsenfeld cecile fehsenfeld products books magazines dvds music cds various book related merchandise website schulerbooks.com schuler books & music formerly known as simply schuler books is a small michigan chain of bookstores . along with books dvds and music cds the stores also sell food and beverages at its in store cafes . contents 1 history 2 locations 3 references 4 external links history edit the first store was founded in 1982 by bill and cecile fehsenfeld in grand rapids michigan due to their love of books . the original store was located at 2975 28th street se and predominately sold new books and newspapers . it did not have a cafe though served espresso drinks via a kiosk cart . a much larger store opened in 1995 a few blocks west of the original location . the current flagship store at 2660 28th street se introduced the chapbook cafe and expanded offerings with music among other items . schuler books provides access to print on demand books via the espresso book machine . 1 locations edit schuler has three locations meridian mall in okemos eastwood towne center in lansing and the flagship on 28th street southeast in grand rapids . two additional locations have been closed . one was opened in downtown grand rapids in 2007 and closed in 2013 2 and a second on alpine avenue in walker opened in 2003 and closed in 2014 . 3 in the summer of 2014 the store bought an independent bookstore in ann arbor michigan called nicola s books located on jackson avenue on the west side of the town . although it is now owned by schuler s it has kept its original name . 4 references edit ebm locations list view . ondemandbooks.com . retrieved 2012 05 14 . ellison garret . schuler books closing downtown grand rapids store as owners pull the plug on 5 year experiment . mlive.com 20 jan 2013 http www.mlive.com business west michigan index.ssf 2013 01 schuler books closing downtown.html incart river . retrieved 22 aug 2013 . http www.mlive.com business west michigan index.ssf 2014 02 schuler books alpine closing.html http www.mlive.com business west michigan index.ssf 2014 06 schuler books aquires nicolas.html external links edit schuler books this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title schuler books % 26 music & oldid 672154167 categories bookstores of michiganindependent bookstores of the united statescompanies based in grand rapids michiganeconomy of lansing michiganunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2015 at 17 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view