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Seventy-nine authors will travel to Charleston, South Carolina, for the sixth annual YALLFest, a Young Adult book festival hosted by Blue Bicycle Books. 

Print, a new general-interest bookstore owned by Emily Russo and Josh Christie, will open in Portland, Maine, in mid-November.

Roundabout Books, Wild Geese, and Midtown Reader set to open; Book Passage to add third location; The Booksmith to open The Bindery; New owners for Point Reyes Books; Laurel Book Store seeks co-owner; Trail’s End Bookstore relocates; Reading Frenzy owner runs for city council; Greenlight to host first event in new neighborhood

Former travel industry professional Leslie Huerta will open Francie & Finch Bookshop, a general-interest bookstore in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Friday, November 4.

The Booksmith, Green Apple Books, and Dog Eared Books have been granted Legacy Business status as part of a program addressing San Francisco’s challenging real estate market.

ABA’s reenergized social media strategy was put into play on behalf of bookstore members during last month’s Banned Books Week celebrations.

East End Book Exchange to become White Whale Bookstore; BookPeople of Moscow wins Orchid Award; Turn of the Corkscrew fundraising to offset sales slump

Once Upon a Time children’s bookshop is celebrating five decades of serving the community of Montrose, California.

Auntie’s Books is inviting customers and bookstores around the country to take part in Llama Llama Remember Mama, a celebration of the late Anna Dewdney and her contributions to children’s literature.

This House of Books opens in Billings; Nine Stories opens in Pittsburgh; Three bookstores celebrate milestone anniversaries; Literati Bookstore takes over Espresso Bar; Phoenix Books brands van for offsite programming; Bookmans Entertainment Exchange to relocate; AP features baby boomers with second careers in bookselling

Over the summer, Book Mouse in Ottawa, Illinois, was sold to Gabriella Crivilare and Mary Olson, who plan to reopen the store as Prairie Fox Books on October 21.

Frank Reiss, owner of Atlanta’s A Cappella Books, explains why he chose a musical term for the name of his general bookstore 27 years ago.

Before the Cedar River crested on Tuesday, Next Page Books moved its inventory and furniture to a safe location with the help of volunteers.  

Last Saturday’s Library of Congress National Book Festival drew more than 100,000 people to the Washington, D.C., convention center, where official bookseller Politics & Prose featured 400 titles by the event’s 120 authors, poets, and illustrators.

Booksellers will honor the late Pat Conroy during the week of October 24 with events and promotions to raise money for the new Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort, South Carolina.