MainStreet Bookends Co-Owner Jim Mitchell Dies

Jim Mitchell, co-owner of MainStreet Bookends in Warner, New Hampshire, and longtime Boston-area radio personality, died yesterday inside the bookstore he co-owned with his sister, Katharine Nevins, as reported by the New Hampshire Union Leader. Mitchell was 58.

According to the Union Leader, Nevins enticed her brother to move to Warner to help launch a bookstore, and "together they transformed a Colonial farmhouse on Main Street into a thriving family business. The bookstore, MainStreet Bookends, serves as a social hub, hosting a gallery and hundreds of events annually, according to the store website."

Mitchell was also an avid promoter and helped organize the annual Warner Fall Foliage Festival, the article noted. In addition to his sister, Mitchell is survived by a brother, Arthur, and several nieces and nephews.

Bookselling This Week had spoken with Mitchell about MainStreet Bookends in a January 2008 article.