No, I did not open a corner bookstore, with weird decorations and a shop cat. I now have an online store for physical books, however. They carry a wide selection of my titles, from multiple publishers, and I’m adding more as time permits.
No, I’m not shipping books myself. I outsourced procurement and delivery to Aerio.
Before you ask: no, I can’t do print/ebook combinations, yet. Some folks are working on this problem, but it is not yet solved. I am still unwilling to hire a lickspittle flunky to cope with shipping.
Not a hire, but how about a someone that volunteers to coordinate and ship a pile of books and also enjoys a free copy of some book(s)?