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Strand pops up in Sloan-Kettering; Politics and Prose considers second location; Napa Bookmine opens; Books & Company celebrates 30 years

Though last week’s torrential rain in Colorado’s Front Range led to catastrophic flooding across 17 counties, the worst damage to Colorado booksellers has been in lost sales.

Country Bookshop celebrates 60 years; Kazoo marks 25 years; Vroman’s Hill extends an invitation to Oprah; Giovanni’s Room seeks new owner

This month, Alamosa Books in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is expanding into a second storefront to create a larger events space, an in-store café, a separate teen reading room, and a bigger selection of adult titles.

A flood of positive responses from authors and booksellers followed last week’s announcement of Indies First, the grassroots movement initiated by Sherman Alexie, who called on his fellow authors to support independent booksellers by volunteering at a store of their choice on Small Business Saturday, November 30, 2013.

Community support bolsters Iconoclast Books; Edgewater Books opens; Bookbound and DIESEL, Larkspur, to host grand opening celebrations; Indies featured in the American Conservative

A new film, created for the Lewisburg Literary Festival and now available on Vimeo, features booksellers from across the country discussing books, bookselling, and how bookstores contribute to the health of communities nationwide. Several well-known authors also make an appearance.

Café at Breathe Books: A happy, calming place; Greenlight puts food in the spotlight this fall; Lemuria to publish photography book; Koham Press to open in Vallejo; Chester County Book Company to reopen

Since Granada Books opened its doors on June 20, owners Sharon Hoshida and Emmett McDonough have been working hard to establish the store as Santa Barbara, California’s community and cultural hub.

Bookstore and wine bar to open in Greensboro; Book Rack turns coffee shop

Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been purchased by longtime customers and local residents Dina Mardell and David Sandberg. The couple, who are new to the book business, will be helped for the next several months by most of the store’s former owners.

The community of Excelsior, Minnesota, is united in the hunt for green beans of the dastardly kind in a fun promotion created by Excelsior Bay Books. The focus of the event is How Martha Saved Her Parents From Green Beans, by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mark Fearing (Dial).

Allison Hill promoted to CEO of Vroman’s; Warwick’s holds grand opening for airport location

As Find Waldo Local 2013 –– sponsored by Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association –– came to a close in communities across the country, participating booksellers took note of the event’s success and eagerly look forward to next year’s festivities.

The town of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is welcoming a new owner to local bookshop Tome on the Range, a 17-year-old fixture in the southwestern community. Noemi de Bodisco assumed ownership in June, taking over for founder and owner Nancy Colalillo.