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Page & Palette’s Karin Wilson elected mayor; Dog Ear Books coming to Arkansas; Bridgeside Books owner to open Bridgeside Home; Half Price Books branch arrives in Decatur

Following a controversial proposal by Rutland, Vermont’s mayor to accept up to 100 Syrian refugees, Will Notte, senior bookseller at Phoenix Books Rutland and president of the city’s Board of Aldermen, created a book display to educate residents about the country and its people.

Milkweed Books, a nonprofit bookstore owned and operated by independent publisher Milkweed Editions, is nearly ready for its debut at Open Book, the nonprofit literary arts center in Minneapolis.

Twenty-three community members in the small Northern California town of Gualala recently became the owners of Four-Eyed Frog Books. The new shareholders are a diverse group, but all have a passion for keeping the bookstore open and thriving.

Belmont Books to open in Massachusetts; Successful start for Ohio’s Gathering Volumes; Bookshop Santa Cruz debuts artful reading bench; Norwich Bookstore wins Independent Spirit Award

DeAndra Beard, founder of Beyond Borders Language Learning Center, opened Bind Café and Beyond Barcodes multicultural bookstore in January to extend the center’s mission of bringing the community together through language, learning, and discussion. 

Caroline Stephenson is opening Cultivator Bookstore to “cultivate” community, foster literacy, and improve the quality of life for families living in the rural, high-poverty community of Murfreesboro.

Country Bookshelf wins Europa International Book Fair Scholarship; Let’s Play Books! and Trails End to move and expand; This House of Books finds a home; Browseabout’s Rodgers named NAIBA Handseller of the Year; Book Beat recognized as “super store”; Phoenix Books voted best bookstore

On Saturday, September 24, Washington, D.C.’s Politics & Prose will once again be the official bookseller for the Library of Congress National Book Festival. 

Black Dog Books opens in New Jersey; Omaha’s Bookworm marks 30 years; Pennsylvania’s Main Point Books relocates; Gulliver’s Books voted best bookstore

Revolution Books, a not-for-profit bookstore in New York City, aims to enhance programming and add to the store’s book collection through a crowdfunding campaign, which ends August 10.

Noelle Santos’ plan to open The Lit. Bar, a bookstore/wine bar in the South Bronx, has been named a finalist in the New York Public Library’s New York StartUp! Business Plan Competition. 

Minnesota’s Village Bookstore purchased by mall; Page & Palette’s Karin Wilson running for mayor; L.A.’s The Last Bookstore subject of new documentary

Bobbi Hahn, owner of calligraphy art and gift store By Hand, Ink in Hilton Head, South Carolina, recently expanded her store’s book offerings after moving to a larger space within the Shops at Sea Pines Center.