By the Book: CEO Brendan Sherar runs Biblio.com, an online marketplace specializing in rare and collectible books from independent bookstores around the world. “Even though so much of our business is, in fact, outside of North Carolina, we’re an Asheville company. The heart, the soul, the spirit and the dynamics of who we are and how do it are firmly rooted here in this community,” he says. Photo by Julia Ritchey