About Bookstores

McNally Jackson owner Sarah McNally talks to BTW about the store’s new Espresso Book Machine, the effect it has had on the store, and what she thinks it says about the industry’s future.

BookCourt transforms basement; Bob Greene of BookPeople of Moscow to retire

Sam Weller’s to open airport store; Minnesota bookseller featured in poetry collection; Odyssey Bookshop turns 40

Jennifer Green’s plans for Beantree Books, which is slated to open this June, include an inventory of new and used books, a coffee bar, a community meeting room, and more.

For the past 25 years, Missoula, Montana’s Fact & Fiction has adapted “to changes in the economy, to the way people read, and to the way authors write,” said store founder Barbara Theroux.

Anderson’s Books, a fifth-generation family business co-owned by ABA Vice President Becky Anderson, has been named PW Bookseller of the Year. PW’s Rep of the Year is John Eklund.

Community saves Buffalo Street Books; {pages} marks one year of bookselling; Antigone Books goes solar; Indies increase non-book inventory

The Book Works, a long-standing indie in Del Mar, California, continues to bring in well-known authors and loyal customers. On March 10, the store marks 35 years in business with an author event and in-store celebration.

Holly Tucker, a professor, writer, and volunteer, organized Writers for the Red Cross, an online event wherein members of the reading community raise money to benefit the Red Cross throughout the month of March.

The “Reel Partners” program initiated by Pleasantville, New York’s Jacob Burns Film Center, in conjunction with almost 40 of the area’s local businesses, offers incentives for members to shop local.

Vanessa Efferson relocated to Grand Cane, Louisiana, because of her husband’s job, but she took her bookstore with her.

Philip Rafshoon of Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse honored; Edmonds Bookshop Rocks ‘n’ Reads; One More Page opens in Arlington

Last week’s story about ABA member stores opening in 2010 inadvertently left out Reading Frenzy Bookshop, which opened in Zimmerman, Minnesota, in September. With this addition, the number of ABA member stores opening in 2010 is 26.

San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy has announced plans to open a second location in Southern California this summer.

Twenty-five ABA member bookstores opened in 2010, with several filling voids left by the closing of chain stores. The openings, and neighborhood response, suggest growing support for locally owned businesses, along with continued support for bricks-and-mortar stores.