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The Harry Potter phenomenon continues as booksellers use their experience with the previous books in the series to prepare for the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Scholastic) on July 16. Innovative ideas sprout up every day, like so many Abyssinian shrivelfigs.
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Steve Bercu, co-owner of the self-proclaimed "Largest Bookstore in Texas -- A Community Bound by Books," received a call about a month ago informing him that BookPeople had been named Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the Year. The 24,000-square-foot store, originally named "Grok Books" when founded in 1970, has been an Austin landmark for decades and is a founding member of the city's influential Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA).
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When Pat and Walter Boyer bought Bookends in 2002, the Ridgewood, New Jersey, store was already on the map. The 21-year-old store's suburban location, less than 25 miles and under 40 minutes from mid-town Manhattan, is a convenient stop for major authors after a morning television appearance or an afternoon public radio interview.
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An early photo of the five founders: (L to R) Moe Doe, Sandi Torkildson, Susan Ketchum, Gail Straw, seated Sally Stevens.
The first storefront.
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When Michael Stuppin moved back to his hometown of San Francisco to open Alexander Book Co. with his sister, Bonnie Stuppin, they wanted to provide the city with "something a little different," a general bookstore that filled under-met needs.
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Frank Hodge's Hodge-Podge Books in Albany, New York, is a deceiving 240 square feet. By all accounts, it is a colossal bookstore: 23-years-old, with about $1 million in sales annually. Hodge-Podge and its owner have influenced thousands of teachers, parents, and students through renowned reading conferences, school appearances, and hundreds of face-to-face interactions with reluctant readers and their families and children's book illustrators and authors.
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During its 44 years, Brookline Booksmith has received its share of accolades from loyal customers and from the industry at large. Offspring Wellesley Booksmith, which opened in 1999, has also won its share of recognition.
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Queen Anne Books Interior view Interior showing lighting.
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The Joseph-Beth Group, owners of Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and of Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Tennessee, is just weeks away from opening its eighth bookstore, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 18-year-old business, owned by Neil Van Uum, also ventured into new territory in November 2004, when its Pittsburgh store opened in a large mixed-use development project on the site of a former steel mill.
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White Birch Books The Front Counter General Fiction
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Founded in 1955, Kepler's of Menlo Park, California, was created with the goal of serving as a resource and gathering place for civil rights activists, artists, and writers.
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About ABA
The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.
Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.
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