The Perelandra Bookshop in Colorado has a reader-in-residence position. “The reader gets a small stipend for their three-month stint — $50 per month for books, and another $50 per month for coffee.” (thx, tom) https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/28/perelandra-bookshop-reader-in-residence/
This bookshop in Fort Collins is paying people to sit down and read quietly

Perelandra Bookshop’s reader-in-residence commits to reading at the store for two hours per week in exchange for a small coffee and book stipend.

The Colorado Sun