The opening of Acorn Books in Dover, Delaware, earlier this month was made possible with help from YWCA’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Division and SCORE — community resources funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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My Bookstore, a collection of tributes to America’s indie booksellers by more than 80 well-known writers, will be published on November 13. Over the next several weeks, BTW will be featuring excerpts from the collection alongside interviews with featured booksellers. First up is author Michael Tisserand and Octavia Books’ co-owner Tom Lowenburg.
Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, Colorado, has planned a full schedule of events for Banned Books Week, including a censorship panel featuring ABFFE President Chris Finan.
Patrick Nelson is hoping that other indie bookstores will see the benefit of partnering with Mrs. Nelson’s Library Services to offer book binding, cataloging, processing, and more to their own school and library customers.
When the closing of Dover, Delaware’s Atlantic Books was announced, Ginny Jewell and Marie Shane, former managers of the chain store, decided to take matters into their own hands. Their new store, Acorn Books, opens next Friday, September 14.
On August 17, Teresa Kirschbraun opened City Lit Books in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, and in less than two weeks, the store has already made an impression on the community.
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