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Left Bank Books owner featured in Kirkus; Well-Read Moose to open its doors; Common Good Books announces poetry contest winners

Three booksellers who presented ideas for changes to their business models at a Winter Institute advanced learning session are working to make their plans a reality.

Posman to open fourth store; Half Price books b(eco)mes bagless

Indie booksellers were key to last night’s celebrations of World Book Night, serving as book pick-up locations, event promoters, party and launch event hosts, and in many cases, givers themselves.

Amy Thomas, owner of Pegasus Books in California, has been visiting the London Book Fair since she purchased the bookstores in 1995 in order to bring back an annual customer favorite: British remainders.

The winners of the 2014 Women’s National Book Association’s Pannell Awards, which honor a general bookstore and a children’s specialty store for employing exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading in their young patrons, were announced on Wednesday.

David Shapiro, the founder and president of Craigmore Creations, traveled from the Willamette Valley to the Grand Canyon to take the pulse of independent bookselling and draw attention to books from his new publishing house. What he found was a thriving culture of reading in the West and small towns that love books and their independent bookstores.

McIntyre’s celebrates 25 years; Books Inc. bookseller sets record; New York and Seattle bookstores featured; Green Apple to open outpost at video store; Ye Olde Warwick marks two years; Bookends & Beginnings to open in June; Phoenix Books hosts Poetry Fest

Events sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, Kobo’s do-it-yourself e-book publishing platform, have been a success in drawing both authors and customers to local independent bookstores around the country.

Book Den owner marks 35 Years; Rizzoli plans for move; Left Bank hosts Party at Police Station

An editorial in Connecticut’s The Day noted that Bank Square’s expansion last October from 3,000 to 4,800 square feet and Monte Cristo’s opening in December of 2012 “are reason for optimism about the future of books and bookstores hereabouts.”

To create a stronger bond with area children and to foster reading and writing starting at a young age, McLean & Eakin founders Julie Norcross and Karen Lang started an annual Short Story Contest that is now in its 20th year.

Changing Hands celebrates 40 years; Beach Books honored; Anderson’s sold? April Fools’!; Santoro’s finds new owners

Strand Book Store and Porter Square Books are among the indie bookstores that have found opportunity in working with hotels to provide a customized library, a literary amenity, or an event that helps strengthen relationships to other local businesses.

For Indies First Storytime Day, this May 17, New York City’s McNally Jackson will host several middle grade authors who will perform a dramatic reading of the beloved Norton Juster title The Phantom Tollbooth (Knopf Books for Young Readers).