New Booksellers

Story House bookmobile to launch in Maryland; Queens Bookshop Initiative looks to pop-ups; Trident Booksellers & Café named best of Boston

Former correctional officer Marcy Taylor Rizzi’s new and used bookstore, Booked on 25th, will celebrate its grand opening on July 9 with poetry readings and a lineup of local authors.

Kibbitznest’s Books, Brews & Blarney to open in Chicago; Taos Book Gallery celebrates grand opening in New Mexico; Christopher’s Books marks 25 years; Radical Bookselling to document life of Moe’s Books founder

South Bronx native Noelle Santos is planning to open a bookstore/wine bar that will bring literary culture to the northernmost borough of New York City.

ASTRA honors Steven Aarons of Barston’s Child’s Play; Books & Books pops up in Wynwood, Florida; Eagle Harbor Book Company changes hands; Auntie’s Bookstore ownership update; Sandi Torkildson of A Room of One’s Own to retire; Novel Books celebrates five years

Utah to welcome Booked on 25th in July; Bel & Bunna’s debuts in California; Stories Bookshop + Storytelling Lab opens in Brooklyn; San Francisco’s Dog Eared Books opens second location; Devaney Doak & Garrett marks 25 years; BookBar celebrates three years; Redesigned BookHampton reopens; Auntie’s Bookstore bought by comic shop owner

Publishing professional Joelle Herr plans to open Her Bookshop in Nashville, Tennessee, this June. The 400-square-foot store will have a special focus on illustrated gift books.

Former B&N staffers Vina Castillo, Natalie Noboa, and Holly Nikodem are seeking to raise $70,000 by June 23 to open a general-interest bookstore in Queens, New York.

HarperCollins President of Sales Josh Marwell discusses the inspiration behind the publisher’s New Bookstore Development Program, designed for independent booksellers in the U.S. who are opening new stores or expanding to additional locations.

Paul Combs will fulfill his childhood dream of having his own bookstore when The Last Word Bookstore opens on May 27 in Fort Worth, Texas.

New Third Place Books location to open Saturday; Grand opening set for Creative Corner Books; Phoenix Books acquires Misty Valley Books; The Bookloft welcomes new owner; Pittsburgh’s East End Book Exchange sold to former Hachette staffers; Milkweed Editions to open bookstore in downtown Minneapolis; City of Asylum/Pittsburgh to open bookstore, restaurant, event space; river’s end celebrates 18 years

Gary Robson has been selected as the general manager and CEO of the new Billings Bookstore Co-operative, set to open this summer in Billings, Montana. Robson’s bookstore, Red Lodge Books & Tea, will close in June.

Midtown Reader to open in Tallahassee; New owners of Viewpoint Books announced; Detroit’s Pages Bookshop marks first anniversary; Harvard Book Store to offer e-book bundles through Shelfie

Cabot Street Books and Cards to open in June; Queens Bookshop Initiative makes progress; Open Books to welcome new owner; Cellar Door Books honored by assemblymember

Clare McNeill aims to open Bel & Bunna’s Books, “a literary wonderland for children and young adults,” in Lafayette, California’s downtown shopping district by Memorial Day.