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Northshire begins hiring for Saratoga Springs branch; Reading Frenzy Corner opens in Elk River, Minnesota; Children’s book clubs foster community spirit; Changing Hands’ Gayle Shanks offers tips for authors

The health of indie bookselling is being reflected in the recent sales of several stores to new owners, who have been met with sincere appreciation and support from their local communities. BTW recently spoke to four of those new owners.

BookBar —“A book shop for wine lovers. A wine bar for book shoppers”— is set to open its doors this month in the arts district of Denver, Colorado. The store will feature a menu of local foods and an inventory of handpicked titles.

Literati Bookstore opens; Changing Hands to open second store; Signs of Life celebrates 10th anniversary; Spellbound launches crowdfunding campaign; Special Occasions reopens

Bookstore owners honored for giving back; Water Street named Business of the Year

Inkwood Books in Tampa, Florida, has been under the ownership of Carla Jimenez and Leslie Reiner for 21 years, but the store is changing hands. Stefani Beddingfield will take the reins effective April 1.

Christian Science Monitor details indie resurgence; Watermark hosts event in support of sales tax fairness; Beach Books moves to larger space; Busboys & Poets to open another branch; Pittsburgh nonprofit to open bookstore

At Winter Institute 8, Towne Book Center & Cafe’s Kit Little, Boswell Book Company’s Jason Kennedy, and Mysteryscape’s Cheri LeBlond discussed their stores’ best practices for promoting sales of romance, science fiction, and mystery titles with booksellers interested in increasing their genre sales.

Indie bookstore to open in Bryn Mawr; Porter Square seeks new owners; Chester County to reopen in new space; Housing Works and McNally Jackson collaborate

Book Stall sale in the works for June; McNally Jackson to open office goods store; Book Mouse holds Seussathon; Annapolis Bookstore hosts impromptu wedding; Books & Books joins the meme

Reading Frenzy to open new store; Queen Anne readies for grand opening; North Carolina bookstores featured

Last Friday, Hudson, Ohio’s The Learned Owl Book Shop changed hands. After 30 years at the helm, Liz Murphy sold the business to store staff member Kate Schlademan, who assured the community that Learned Owl will continue to be the same great place.

Maine’s Longfellow Books, which sustained serious water damage after a frozen water line burst during last weekend’s snowstorm, plans a soft reopening today. Meanwhile, many other stores around the region were able to reopen for at least part of the day on Sunday.

Three Buyers in the running for Quail Ridge; Book Tavern secures bigger space; The Book Den celebrates 80 years

Busboys and Poets celebrates new bookstore; Duck’s Cottage hosts pre-Valentine’s Day event; Books on Broad’s Funderburk expresses love of books