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Mustard Seed Bookstore to open in Maine; City Stacks Books and Coffee opens for business in Denver; University Book Store celebrates 115 years; Missouri’s Well Read Books relocates; Explore Booksellers’ sale approved; Vermont’s Bear Pond Books, Rivendell to merge; Quest Bookshop’s Kay Allison to retire; Point Reyes to host Geography of Hope literary conference

A strong kickoff on Small Business Saturday launched a successful national holiday season for independent bookstores, boosted by “buy local” campaigns and widespread media coverage that trumpeted local booksellers and the unique draw of neighborhood stores.

Nonprofit organization makes offer for Explore Booksellers; The Fountainhead Bookstore to expand; Chittenden bids farewell to Eight Cousins; Pomegranate Books to add café; Dudley’s Bookshop Café grows with the addition of a new business partner

Denver, Colorado’s BookBar has penned a poem celebrating the joys of shopping at local, independent shops this holiday season.

The Booksellers to open in Dayton, Ohio; Aspen’s Explore Booksellers to sell for $4.6 million; Flying Pig to be featured in Wall Street Journal; That Bookstore in Blytheville launches campaign to fund renovations

Three communities will be welcoming indie booksellers next year as Third Place Books, HugoBooks, and Anderson’s Bookshops each make plans to open an additional branch store. 

Author James Patterson has announced the final 81 bookstores that will be receiving a total of $473,000 in grants as part of his $1 million Saving Bookstores, Saving Lives campaign.

Left Bank holiday book drive for Ferguson students met with overwhelming support; Phinney Books’ owner shares insights on his first holiday season; Taylor Books adds used book room

Brookline Booksmith customer wins A.J. Fikry sweepstakes; NPR’s Morning Edition announces first book club pick; BookCon grows partnership with We Need Diverse Books; Kobo launches “buy more, save more” program; Consumers look to shop local this holiday season; Scholastic report details kids’ reading habits; Chronicle Books to distribute Quadrille Publishing

Everyone’s Books’ 30th anniversary benefits local shelter; Loganberry Books turns 20; Classic Lines Bookstore opens in Pittsburgh; Stone Alley Books and Collectibles to move
 

Afterwords, Califon, and Jan’s in finals for national small business of the year award; Book Culture celebrates grand opening of third store; Left Bank launches online personal shopping program; Phoenix Books hosts food drive; Mysterious Galaxy on the move

Skylight’s Slattery to hand reins to new G.M.; Left Bank publishing program celebrates first release; Books Unlimited marks anniversary during Window Wonderland

Trident Booksellers and Café celebrates 30 years; Main Street Books marks 25th anniversary; Toadstool responds to Cyber Monday with Cider Monday; RoscoeBooks to open this weekend; Open bookstore to re-open in book bar; Village Books gives more than $16,000 to teachers; breathe books to close in Hampden; A Room of One’s Own’s Torkildson named exceptional business leader; Santa Cruz’s Neal Coonerty honored with lifetime achievement award; Book Passage’s Calvin Crosby joins McSweeney’s

Politics & Prose to open satellites at Busboys and Poets; Upshur Street Books opens in D.C.; Short Stories Community Hub welcomes customers in Madison, New Jersey; Penguin Bookshop turns 85; Anderson’s is 50; Watermark Books sports new outdoor mural

For many online shoppers, high shipping charges from retailers are a deal breaker. Increasingly, retailers large and small — including indie booksellers — are taking a close look at their policies in order to respond to consumer preferences.