A used bookstore called Book Monkey closed in Midtown last week. The store closed July 1 after little more than three months in business at 1330 21st St. Sales were not as good as owner Kevin Standfield expected. The store never opened the wine bar that was part of the original concept to draw customers in. "We're making enough money, barely, to pay the bills, but not enough to make it worth it being there," he said. Standfield opened the store as an offshoot of his Sacramento company, Holt Concannon, which sells consigned books for individuals and charities, including churches, through Amazon.com. Those books are sold under the online bookseller Book Quest in Sacramento. He sells book

A new bookstore concept is coming to Midtown. Entrepreneur Kevin Standfield and a partner are turning a former office space into a used bookstore and wine bar at 1330 21st St. The establishment will also sell cheese, beer, dessert and coffee. "My two favorite things in the world are to sip port and read a book," Standfield said. "I like the idea of our customers being able to sit down and hang out and read a book." To come up with a name, Standfield stuck with a theme he likes. He's calling it Book Monkey, like the Yogurt Monkey shop he and a partner opened on Fair Oaks Boulevard. "I'm in a monkey thing right now. I don't know why," he said. Boxes of books sat under plastic Wednesday