New Booksellers

Hillary Clinton stops at Savoy Bookshop; Anderson’s Bookshops sees huge turnout for Bernie Sanders; Quail Ridge welcomes visit from ABA CEO; The Regulator Bookshop to mark 40 years; Readers’ Books to celebrate 25th anniversary; New co-owner for Kramerbooks; Afterwords Books, From My Shelf, and The Bookshelf named Indie Award quarterfinalists

Bound Booksellers is a new general interest bookstore specializing in well-bound books in a comfortable, modern space where customers can connect and find their next great read.

Aaron’s Books opens Of Dice & Pen; Papercuts J.P. launches Cutlass Press; Kramerbooks to expand; The Lit. Bar to pop up at Bronx holiday market; Parnassus Books celebrates five years; Reading Frenzy owner wins city council seat; Phoenix Books to launch annual food drive 

Posman opens in Atlanta; Cabot Street debuts; Dog Ear and Bird in Hand to open; Ada’s Technical to expand; Skylight celebrates 20 years; Napa Bookmine promotes slow lifestyle

Print, a new general-interest bookstore owned by Emily Russo and Josh Christie, will open in Portland, Maine, in mid-November.

Roundabout Books, Wild Geese, and Midtown Reader set to open; Book Passage to add third location; The Booksmith to open The Bindery; New owners for Point Reyes Books; Laurel Book Store seeks co-owner; Trail’s End Bookstore relocates; Reading Frenzy owner runs for city council; Greenlight to host first event in new neighborhood

The third quarter of 2016 saw 16 ABA member store openings and three sales of existing businesses to new owners.

Former travel industry professional Leslie Huerta will open Francie & Finch Bookshop, a general-interest bookstore in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Friday, November 4.

East End Book Exchange to become White Whale Bookstore; BookPeople of Moscow wins Orchid Award; Turn of the Corkscrew fundraising to offset sales slump

This House of Books opens in Billings; Nine Stories opens in Pittsburgh; Three bookstores celebrate milestone anniversaries; Literati Bookstore takes over Espresso Bar; Phoenix Books brands van for offsite programming; Bookmans Entertainment Exchange to relocate; AP features baby boomers with second careers in bookselling

Over the summer, Book Mouse in Ottawa, Illinois, was sold to Gabriella Crivilare and Mary Olson, who plan to reopen the store as Prairie Fox Books on October 21.

Midtown Reader to open November 12; McNally Jackson to open new store in Greenwich Village; Kepler’s unique business model profiled; Bookshop Santa Cruz dedicates second  reading bench; Two indies honored as the “best”

Books and Crannies opens in Virginia; Milkweed Books holds grand opening; Let’s Play Books! grows, goes general-interest; Spellbound debuts kids’ reading room; A Room of One’s Own explores co-op model; Books & Books’ Mitchell Kaplan honored; Scuppernong’s “Ask a Muslim Anything” events spark conversation

Billie Swift, the new owner of Open Books: A Poem Emporium in Seattle, Washington, officially reopened the poetry-only store with a festive party on Saturday, September 17.

Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore opens in Kansas; Books & Mortar debuts in Grand Rapids; Nine Stories finds permanent home in Pittsburgh; Avid Bookshop to open second store; Main Point Books celebrates new location; Tattered Cover featured as part of literary Denver; Sam Kaas joins Third Place Books