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April–June 2019: ABA Members Opened/Sold
- By Liz Button
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The second quarter of 2019 saw 30 ABA member store openings and five sales of existing businesses to new owners. Among the openings are a combination bookstore/wine bar, a romance bookstore, a bookmobile, and new branches of established bookstores.
NEW STORES
2nd Act Books (formerly Read it Again, Sam; now owned by Daphne Spain)
214 E. Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
2ndactbooks.com
(434) 202-0754
Alibi Bookshop
624 Marin Street
Vallejo, CA 94590
alibibookshop.com
(707) 563-5179
Berry & Co.
51 Division Street
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
instagram.com/berryandcosagharbor
(631) 899-4118
Canvasback Books
Klamath Falls Farmers Market
9th Street Between Main St. and Klamath Ave.
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
canvasbackbooks.com
(541) 273-1102
Capital Books
1011 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
capitalbooksonk.com
(916) 492-6657
GoGo Books
Newark, DE 19711
gogobooktruck.com
(302) 388-7167
(Bookmobile)
Golden Fig Books
2706 Durham Chapel Hill Boulevard
Durham, NC 27707
goldenfigbooks.com
(919) 908-8368
Lark & Owl Booksellers
205 W. 6th Street
Georgetown, TX 78626
larkandowlbooksellers.com
(512) 688-5582
The Lit. Bar
131 Alexander Avenue
Bronx, NY 10454
thelitbar.com
(347) 955-3610
Lost City Bookstore (formerly Idle Time Books; now owned by Adam Wattereus)
2467 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 2000
hlostcitybookstore.com
(202) 232-4774
Love’s Sweet Arrow
17024 Oak Park Avenue
Tinley Park, IL 60477
instagram.com/lovessweetarrow
(708) 620-8365
(Romance bookstore)
Madison Books
4118 E. Madison Street
Seattle, WA 98112
madisonbks.com
(206) 325-3160
McNally Jackson
The Shed, Hudson Yards
545 W. 30th Street
New York, NY 10001
www.mcnallyjackson.com/shed
(646) 455-3494
(Branch location)
Next Chapter Booksellers (formerly Common Good Books, now owned by Nick Ballas)
38 S. Snelling Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
nextchapterbooksellers.com
(651) 225-8989
Reads & Company
234 Bridge Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
readsandcompany.com
(484) 920-3695
Old Town Books
104 South Union Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
oldtownbooks.com
(703) 647-97494
Ouray Bookshop
505 Main Street, Suite #110
Ouray, CO 81427
ouraybookshop.com
(970) 325-4044
Page 1 Books
1808 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201
page1books.com
(847) 425-0130
Righton Books
222 Redfern Village Street
Simons Island, GA 31522
rightonbooks.com
(912) 771-0808
Root & Press
623 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602
rpdial.com
(978) 870-5429
Sag Harbor Books
7 Main Street
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
southamptonsagharborbooks.com
(631) 725-8425
Sandcastle Tales
1414 Camino del Mar
Del Mar, CA 92013
facebook.com/pg/Sandcastle-Tales-630433757418443
(858) 777-2086
Semicolon Bookstore
515 N. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60642
semicolonchi.com
(312) 846-6887
Storied Owl Books
2059 Randolph Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
storiedowlbooks.com
(651) 756-1503
The Story House
Dawson’s Market
225 N. Washington Street
Rockville, MD 20847
storyhouseonline.com
(301) 363-7444
(Bookmobile)
Turning the Page (formerly Linda’s Story Time; now owned by Pia Ledina)
47 Main Street
Monroe, CT 06468
turningthepagebooks.com
(203) 459-1579
Turning Page Bookshop
216 Saint James Avenue
Goose Creek, SC 29445
turningpagebookshop.com
(843) 501-7223
Walls of Books
650 South Jefferson Avenue
Cookeville, TN 38501
facebook.com/wobcookeville
(931) 576-10345
(Branch location)
Wilson Book Gallery
3465 N. Pines Way, Suite 101
Wilson, WY 83014
jhbooktrader.com/wbg
(307) 734-6001
(Branch location)
[words] Bookstore at LifeTown
10 Microlab Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
wordsbookstore.com
(973) 251-0200
(Branch location)
NEW OWNERS
Browsing Bison Books
515 Main Street
Deer Lodge, MT 59722
facebook.com/browsingbisonbooks
(406) 846-3288
New Owners: Jesse and Sasha Mullen
Fables and Fairy Tales
38 N. Main Street
Martinsville, IN 46151
facebook.com/fablesandfairytales
(765) 913-4100
New Owner: Jennie Middleton
House of Books
4 North Main Street
Kent, CT 06757
hobooks.com
(860) 927-4104
New Owner: Kent Center LLC
Maria’s Bookshop
960 Main Avenue
Durango, CO 81301
mariasbookshop.com
(970) 247-1438
New Owner: Evan Schertz
The World’s Only Curious George Store
(Formerly at 1 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; new location to be announced)
thecuriousgeorgestore.com
(617) 547-4500
New Owner: Astra Titus
To report a bookstore opening or sale, drop us a quick e-mail and we’ll include it in our next update.