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Eagle Harbor embraces e-readers; Oneonta bookstore recognized for innovation; New bookstore gives “Books 4 Food”

This November, Pennsylvania’s Trappe Book Center will be celebrating its 20th anniversary as well as plans to move and expand.

The Booksmith forms partnership with beNOWtv; The Portland Phoenix features Longfellow Books; Dodoblog recognizes Green Apple Books for its service and selection

Learned Owl receives small business award; Author Anita Diamant praises independent bookstores; Maple Street acknowledged by Loyola University

New Orleans’ Octavia Books celebrates its 10th anniversary on October 16. The bookstore invites all of its customers and friends for a big afternoon party with champagne and cake.

On October 16, Cheshire Books in Fort Bragg, California, will be under new ownership. For seven years, Linda Rosengarten has loved being a part of the rural town’s reading community, but now she's ready to leave her store in the capable hands of Christine and Paul Lindauer.

Longtime customers embrace Wellesley Booksmith's independence; Nancy Rutland of Bookworks passes the baton; New owner of King's Books plans to preserve the store's community quality

After a year of online sales, Reading Frenzy Bookshop, in Zimmerman, Minnesota, has opened its doors.

On Monday, September 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that two Oregon statutes that criminalize the distribution of sex education and other non-obscene materials to minors are unconstitutional.

David Thompson, a lover of crime fiction, a publisher, and a longtime staff member of Murder by the Book in Houston, Texas, died unexpectedly on Monday, September, 13.

Keen Communications, the Covington, Kentucky-based publisher of imprints Menasha Ridge Press, Wilderness Press, and Clerisy Press, will soon be opening a general bricks-and-mortar bookstore.

Booksellers are stocking their shelves with books that have been deemed vulgar, violent, or offensive in preparation for Banned Books Week, a national celebration of the freedom to read, which takes place from September 25 - October 2.

Present Tense celebrates five years of business; Book blogger says, “Leave it to the professionals”

In 2000, when Susan Richmond and her daughter-in-law opened a bookshop in an old fruit warehouse, their goal was to create a store that serves the entire community.

On the second Tuesday morning of every month, Warwick’s hosts “Coffee With a Bookseller.” The store serves free coffee and scones, and staff member Seth Marko leads customers on a “casual, informal journey” through new releases and Warwick’s staff picks.