Press: Buteo Books in Audubon Magazine

So thrilled  and honored to see Buteo Books in the Summer issue of Audubon magazine! Huge thank you to Ryan Goldberg for the story.

"One morning in April 2024, a tractor trailer holding 5,500 books parked beside a low stucco building in California. Waiting inside among empty shelves and used furniture, Lyzy Lusterman found herself in shadow, excited but wondering what she’d gotten herself into.

Until then, Lusterman had been immersed in the music world as a pianist and publisher of specialized magazines such as Ukulele and Acoustic Guitar. Now she was the new owner of Buteo Books, the country’s largest bookseller focused on birds. “I think of myself as a pragmatic, risk-averse person,” Lusterman says. Launching into another niche business while using savings to open the brand’s first physical location? This seemed anything but."

Read the full story on Audubon.org