|
Chapters Book Store, Inc.
78 North Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 448-2366
Echo Books, Inc.
1024 Pottstown Pike
Chester Springs, PA 19425
(484) 341-8362
Read More
 On Saturday, August 30, Light of Islam Bookstore, a nonprofit bookstore and educational center dedicated to furthering the knowledge and understanding of the religion of Islam, will celebrate its grand opening in Webster, Texas, just south of the Houston city line.
Over the next few weeks, the eyes of the nation will turn first to Denver and then to Minnesota's Twin Cities for the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention, respectively. As the population swells in each of the cities -- when delegates, media, and politicos come for some socializing, caucusing, and, yes, to see their candidate receive the official nomination of their party -- opportunities abound for local indie booksellers. Here is a look at what some Denver and Twin Cities bookstores are doing for the upcoming conventions.
 A funny thing happened when R.J. Julia in Madison, Connecticut, announced its new, ongoing Great Books Seminar Program -- a monthly seminar designed to provide people with the opportunity to study and discuss the great works of literature, philosophy, and history.
Since July, American Booksellers Association staff have been visiting locations around the country to answer questions, share ideas, and help position bookstores to take advantage of IndieBound and all that it has to offer. One such ABA staff member is IndieBound Outreach Liaison Paige Poe, who has traveled from Cleveland, Ohio, to Elizabeth City, North Carolina -- and points in-between -- to spread the word to booksellers about the IndieBound Movement.
 Trish Brown said she "didn't pay a whole lot of attention to children's books before I had a child."
When she did start paying attention, it had quite an impact on her life: she became a bookseller at A Likely Story in Alexandria, Virginia, when her daughter was five years old -- and stayed on for 16 years.
 Last weekend's release of Breaking Dawn, the final installment in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, was celebrated by independent booksellers across the country with midnight parties featuring everything from mock weddings to trivia and look-alike contests and community blood drive
|
IndieBound signs visible inside and outside the front windows.
Read More
This week, Los Angeles' Skylight Books expanded into a neighboring, 1,400-square-foot space. The 12-year-old store will continue to put finishing touches on the newly renovated location throughout August and will hold a gala Grand Opening on Saturday, August 30.
Valerie Koehler to Be Honored by Literacy Advance of Houston
 The town of Fairhope, Alabama, was founded over a century ago as a utopian village for authors and artists. In 2008, the heart of this thriving literary and artistic paradise is, not surprisingly, a bookstore -- Page & Palette, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in August.
 After Mary Beth Nebel of I Know You Like A Book in Peoria Heights, Illinois, read a column in the Peoria Journal Star that called for support of local independent restaurants, she wrote a letter to the editor to say that the column should have stressed support for all locally owned businesses. She got what she asked for. The next week, using IndieBound information supplied by Nebel, the business editor cataloged the many benefits of shopping local.
Twelve ABA member bookstores opened over the course of May and June.
|
Dog Ears Bookstore
688 Abbott Road
Buffalo, NY 14220
(716) 341-3465
www.enlightenthedog.org
Domy Books (new branch)
913 E. Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78702
(512) 476-3669
www.domystore.com
Read More
Pages
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.
| | |
