About Bookstores

Village Books co-owners and avid travelers Chuck and Dee Robinson organized a literary tour abroad for customers — and after returning just last month— are already thinking about planning next year’s trip.

Strand celebrates 85 years; Books on the Square marks 20;  Journey of Life reopens; R.J. Julia search for new owner continues

Last June, when Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine purchased the landmark Washington D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose, they were determined to adhere to the goals of the store’s founders while making the changes necessary to thrive in an industry in flux.

A May 11 fire in downtown Mariposa, California, destroyed an entire block of seven businesses, including Gary and Reva Colliver’s Windows on the World – Books & Art.

Bookbug, one of the featured stores in BTW’s May 17^th story “Kids’ Bookstore Find Success With Adult Titles,” is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Last week’s article misidentified the state.

Kepler’s launches fundraising campaign; Edgartown under new ownership; Brookline Booksmith recognized; Doylestown Bookshop changes hands; Bob’s Beach Books, Boulder, and Tattered talk self-published authors

Bringing booksellers’ “salesmanship” to the next level will be the focus of the ABA Day of Education session “Putting the ‘Sell’ in Bookseller.”

The Women’s National Book Association has announced the winners of this year’s WNBA Pannell Awards, given annually since 1983 to two bookstores that excel in contributing to their communities to bring books and young people together. 

RiverRun launches Piscataqua Press; Page One moves forward

BookPeople of Moscow, a bookshop located in the college-minded community of Moscow, Idaho, has a new look and a new plan for the future.

Whether it is to reinforce the message that reading is just as important for adults, or to fill a hole left by the closing of a nearby general bookstore, children’s booksellers have met with success when devoting space to grown-up titles, too.

Tattered Cover Book Store is one step closer to opening four stores at Denver International Airport by February 2014.

Northshire wins “green” award; Capitola Book Cafe to adopt new business model; Cash mob floods Phoenix Books; R.J. Julia to be mobbed soon; Broadway Books anniversary celebration a hit; Crow Bookshop featured

Gibson’s to move and expand; Face in a Book opens; The Book Stall up for sale; Mystery Lovers names new owner; Toad Hall marks 40 years; Broadway Books celebrates 20th anniversary; Garrison Keillor hosts grand reopening events; Flyleaf Books hosts Ashley Bryan

The first World Book Night in the U.S. has come and gone, but the stories of thousands of givers across the country are still being chronicled on Twitter and Facebook, on blogs and in photos, and in local and national newspaper coverage.