Kepler’s is reopening on Saturday at 11am. They are looking for volunteers to help prep the store and run the membership table. Which, I assumed, meant they are taking on a membership business model. And indeed, the Merc confirms that they are trying out the “public TV” thing. An initial $500,000 was invested by a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs as a kickstart and the Tan Group renegotiated the rent. Kepler is also closing his Belmont business office and relocating to the store itself. Square footage will remain the same size, despite rumors. The investors make up the new board of directors and plan to adjust the bookstore’s tactics to keep things afloat. The membership model is meant to encourage people not just to put in some money to help with expenses but to buy their books at Kepler’s, which, ultimately, is what really needs to happen.