Conversations about censorship and First Amendment rights filled indie bookstores across the country during last week’s celebration of the 31st annual Banned Books Week.

Nancy Stitchberry Farley, co-owner of Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope, Pennsylvania, died on September 23 at the age of 73.

New Maryland bookstore has international impact; New Orleans bookstores featured in Gambit; Book Bin to open second location; Acorn Books celebrates first anniversary

A part of Thomasville, Georgia, since 1984, The Bookshelf and Gallery has undergone many transformations but has always maintained its same purpose, said co-owner Annie Jones, “to celebrate good books and good conversations in a small-town setting.”

Strand pops up in Sloan-Kettering; Politics and Prose considers second location; Napa Bookmine opens; Books & Company celebrates 30 years

Though last week’s torrential rain in Colorado’s Front Range led to catastrophic flooding across 17 counties, the worst damage to Colorado booksellers has been in lost sales.

Country Bookshop celebrates 60 years; Kazoo marks 25 years; Vroman’s Hill extends an invitation to Oprah; Giovanni’s Room seeks new owner

This month, Alamosa Books in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is expanding into a second storefront to create a larger events space, an in-store café, a separate teen reading room, and a bigger selection of adult titles.

A flood of positive responses from authors and booksellers followed last week’s announcement of Indies First, the grassroots movement initiated by Sherman Alexie, who called on his fellow authors to support independent booksellers by volunteering at a store of their choice on Small Business Saturday, November 30, 2013.

Community support bolsters Iconoclast Books; Edgewater Books opens; Bookbound and DIESEL, Larkspur, to host grand opening celebrations; Indies featured in the American Conservative