About Bookstores

UConn Co-op to open new store; RJ Julia’s owner brings authors to the stage; Oxford’s Howorth has a new title

Since its founding in 1851, Books Inc. has weathered every major change in the book industry, in addition to the California Gold Rush, the Civil War, and nearly every San Francisco earthquake on record. Books Inc.’s longevity is cause for a series of small celebrations at its various locations throughout the year.

This month, Barrington Books begins a yearlong celebration of its role as a meeting place for the Barrington, Rhode Island, community for the past 25 years.

Tattered Cover’s Meskis featured on NPR; Former Diesel bookseller celebrates book release; Brookline bookseller publishes literary calendar; Copperfield’s to move

Huffington Post recognizes bookstores’ spirit of independence; The Bookshelf and Gallery readies for Independents Week; Book Ends profiled in Winchester Patch

After record flooding in Minot, North Dakota, one third of the city is under water, but Val Stadick’s home and her bookstore, Main Street Books, are dry. Stadick is focusing her energy on helping friends and neighbors, but she also worries about the future of her business.

Jennifer Wills Geraedts, manager of Beagle Books & Bindery, is taking advantage of the recent trend in bookstore tourism to join with other Northern Minnesota booksellers in creating the “Indie Bound ’Round” shop hop, to take place in August.

Coffee shops may be ubiquitous, but Red Lodge Books and The Voracious Reader have found their niche in serving tea.

Powell’s developing new app; New owners take the helm at Politics and Prose; Arizona Republic partners with Changing Hands for special offer; WORD introduces Literary Karaoke

In March, Old Firehouse Books’ Jacqie Hasan told customers that the Fort Collins, Colorado, bookstore was having a “lean spring,” and she suggested a concrete way for customers to help. By the end of April, sales were up eight percent.

This week, Catherine and Tony Weller announced that, after a two-year search for a new location, they have signed a lease and will be moving Sam Weller’s Books to Salt Lake City’s Trolley Square shopping and entertainment complex in the fall.

Old friends of the literary kind were featured during a celebration of books, community, and friendship marking the 20th anniversary of Devaney, Doak & Garrett.

Cory Doctorow teams up with McNally Jackson; The Drama Bookshop receives Tony Award; Union Ave. Books celebrates grand opening; The Morris Book Shop to expand

When Kelly Von Plonski, owner of Subterranean Books, in St. Louis, Missouri, sent an e-mail informing her customers that the store might have to close, the community responded.

Eight Cousins runs pledge of "Community Involvement" in Local Newspaper; SFGate Blogger interviews Bookseller Christin Evans; Green Apple Books uses Google and Groupon