Top Entrepreneur Legend Ron Chamblin: A few boxes of books become a business

Ron Chamblin built his business with “used, rare and non-existent.”


  • By Max Marbut
  • | 12:55 a.m. March 23, 2023
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Ron Chamblin launched his bookselling business in 1976 after buying a book collection for $7,500. He now owns Chamblin Bookmine and Chamblin's Uptown.
Ron Chamblin launched his bookselling business in 1976 after buying a book collection for $7,500. He now owns Chamblin Bookmine and Chamblin's Uptown.
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When he went into business for himself nearly 50 years ago, Ron Chamblin dedicated himself to personifying the “independent” part of operating an independent bookstore.

Just one semester away from graduating from the University of North Florida with a degree in history, Chamblin put down his textbooks in favor of used books in 1976 to open his first store.


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