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IndieBound takes to the streets of Naperville; The King’s English celebrates; Flavorwire names 10 best indies

This past weekend, Centuries & Sleuths, a bookstore in Forest Park, Illinois, specializing in history, mystery, and biography, celebrated its 20th anniversary by hosting in-store panels featuring local authors who have had a part in the store’s history.

When the San Diego Union Tribune cut its coverage of arts and books, several area booksellers stepped in to provide the newspaper with book-related content.

Bayshore Books provides set for Waterwalk; Hockessin Book Shelf hosts book groups open house

Six weeks after the capping of the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, booksellers along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama reported varying effects on their businesses, but all said they were looking forward to the fall season.

After 20 years, Mystery Lovers Bookshop is still Western Pennsylvania's go-to place for crime and mystery fiction. Spouses Richard Goldman and Mary Alice Gorman opened the bookstore on October 31, 1990, with the hopes of catering to a popular niche.

Inspired by last year’s positive response to its Banned Books Week display, Michigan’s Literary Life Bookstore & More has expanded plans for this year’s September 25 - October 2 celebration of the freedom to read.

A coalition of organizations and Alaska booksellers, including Fireside Books of Palmer and Title Wave Books of Anchorage, filed suit on Tuesday, August 31, to block a broad censorship law that bans constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.

Eight Cousins fundraiser; Tattered Cover in Poets & Writers; Local author celebrates Nicola's

Auntie’s Inc. recently celebrated the grand opening of its second store, Auntie’s at the Square in the River Square Mall in downtown Spokane, Washington.

Changing Hands co-owner Gayle Shanks has spoken out against Arizona's new immigration law, and her customers are largely supportive.

Fresno children's bookstore Petunia's Place will celebrate its grand reopening on August 21 in the store's new location on North Palm Avenue. “We love the new location,” said co-owner Jean Fennacy.

A visit to central New York bookstores; Bookstores for travelers; Memphis loves Pinocchio's

Bookstores around the country will be open late on Monday night for customers who can't wait to get their hands on Mockingjay, the third book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy.

The Annapolis Bookstore's new "Rent-a-Book" program is a "win-win situation" that has drawn "phenomenal interest," said co-owner Mary Adams.