Bluestockings to Close at the End of February Unless Buyer Found
Another well-known New York City independent bookstore is looking for a last-minute reprieve. Just two weeks after announcing that her store was up for sale, Bluestockings Women's Bookstore owner Kathryn Welsh told BTW that the store would close at the end of February unless a buyer materializes before then. The news comes less than a week after Deacon Maccubbin announced he had purchased the landmark gay and lesbian bookstore Oscar Wilde Bookshop, just prior to the store's scheduled closing.
This week's Book Sense Children's Bestsellers list was previewed in the Wednesday, February 5, edition of USA Today. On the front page of the newspaper's Life section, the top five illustrated children's books were highlighted in the popular "USA Today Snapshot."