About Bookstores

John Evans, owner of Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi, explains the origins of the store’s name.

We Need Diverse Books announces 2016 internship grant winners; BookCon expands to New York Comic Con; Salvador, Brazil, indie raising funds to remain open; Perseus moves Seal Press from Avalon to Da Capo Press; Hastings Entertainment files for bankruptcy; Finalists announced for Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award

Kibbitznest’s Books, Brews & Blarney to open in Chicago; Taos Book Gallery celebrates grand opening in New Mexico; Christopher’s Books marks 25 years; Radical Bookselling to document life of Moe’s Books founder

This July, 250 independent bookstores will participate in the fifth anniversary year of Find Waldo Local, a shop local challenge co-sponsored by Candlewick Press and ABA.

Melanie Green, owner of Bluebird Books in Hutchinson, Kansas, has designed a bingo game card for adults, a grown-up version of the store’s summer book bingo for kids.

Bookmark It in Orlando, Florida, recently shifted from selling books at a stall in the local market to renting space and organizing events at other small businesses and in cooperation with area nonprofits.

ASTRA honors Steven Aarons of Barston’s Child’s Play; Books & Books pops up in Wynwood, Florida; Eagle Harbor Book Company changes hands; Auntie’s Bookstore ownership update; Sandi Torkildson of A Room of One’s Own to retire; Novel Books celebrates five years

Alsace Walentine explains why, after much consideration, she chose a name with strong symbolic meaning for the bookstore she plans to open in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Eric Wilska looks back at his 42 years at the helm of The Bookloft as he and his wife, Ev, turn the Great Barrington, Massachusetts, mainstay over to new owner Pamela Pescosolido.

Utah to welcome Booked on 25th in July; Bel & Bunna’s debuts in California; Stories Bookshop + Storytelling Lab opens in Brooklyn; San Francisco’s Dog Eared Books opens second location; Devaney Doak & Garrett marks 25 years; BookBar celebrates three years; Redesigned BookHampton reopens; Auntie’s Bookstore bought by comic shop owner

Los Angeles romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice was featured in an episode of the reality TV show Rich Kids of Beverly Hills on Sunday, May 29.

Angela Schwesnedl, co-owner of Moon Palace Books, explains the origins of the Minneapolis bookstore’s name.

Thousands of people showed up for the grand opening of Third Place Books in Seattle’s Seward Park neighborhood last Saturday.

New Third Place Books location to open Saturday; Grand opening set for Creative Corner Books; Phoenix Books acquires Misty Valley Books; The Bookloft welcomes new owner; Pittsburgh’s East End Book Exchange sold to former Hachette staffers; Milkweed Editions to open bookstore in downtown Minneapolis; City of Asylum/Pittsburgh to open bookstore, restaurant, event space; river’s end celebrates 18 years

After bringing back the innovative Community Lenders program to raise funds for its second storefront location in Brooklyn, New York, Greenlight Bookstore has received 55 loans totaling more than $150,000.