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The Little Boho Bookshop opens in New Jersey; Bibliobar to open next year in Texas; New owner for Book Review; Half Price Books marks 45 years; Duck’s Cottage marks 15 years; Basically Books relocates; Lit. on Fire plans a move

Washington, D.C.’s Sankofa Video Books & Café, founded by filmmaking couple Haile and Shirikiana Gerima and named after one of their films, specializes in videos and books about people of African descent.

Interabang Books opened its doors in Dallas on July 1 and has scheduled its grand opening for Saturday, September 9, with a kick-off party to follow on Monday, September 11.

This July, indie booksellers celebrated the sixth anniversary of Find Waldo Local and the 30th anniversary of Where’s Waldo?, with many bookstores capping off the month with a finale party.

Downtown Books hosts Refugee book launch; Andy Laties, Rebecca Migdal to open Book & Puppet Co.; Brilliant Books to mark 10^th anniversary; BookPeople to serve as bookseller for Texas Book Festival

This installment of Bookselling This Week’s series “Welcome to ABA!” features Winston Smith Books, a used and rare bookstore in Auburn, California, which joined ABA earlier this year.

The second volume of “The Furry Faces of Bookselling: Bookstore Pets” highlights the dogs and cats who make their homes and delight customers at bookstores around the country.

Titcomb’s, Farley’s mark half a century in business; New England Mobile Book Fair relocates

Independent bookstores continue to implement new environmental initiatives and practices, in step with how ideas of green living, sustainability, and climate change have permeated the public consciousness in recent years.

Doctors Eileen Bobek and Natalya Miller have opened Rebel Heart Books, a new general-interest independent bookstore specializing in adult, children’s, and young adult books.

Bookmarks literary nonprofit opens bookstore; Bookie’s relocates, creates events space; Raven Book Store changes hands; BookStacks, Blue Ridge Books mark anniversaries; Kepler’s launches nonprofit literary foundation; Watermark Books teams with police to deliver books

Cultural consultant and Spanish linguist Teresa Carbajal Ravet recently opened the Sententia Vera Cultural Hub, an independent bookstore, coffee bar, and co-working space, in Dripping Springs, Texas.

Interabang Books, Zenith Bookstore open; Booksmith debuts The Bindery; Duende District to pop up in coffee bar; Inkwood Books on the move; Tattered Cover ownership transition complete; Tubby & Coo’s launches publishing arm

Novel bookstore to open in Memphis; Bookbinders Basalt debuts; Walls of Books opens in Georgia; The Strand, Three Sisters, Next Page Books mark anniversaries; Bookbug to expand; Two Sisters Bookery changes hands; From My Shelf owners to sell store via contest

ABA member bookstores are gearing up for the 2017 celebration of Find Waldo Local, sponsored by Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association. The sixth annual shop local event kicks off on Saturday, July 1.