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20 Apr

Around Indies

Savoy Bookshop & Café grand opening draws crowds; Viewpoint Books to change hands; Once Upon a Time honored; Renovated Merritt Bookstore debuts; Plans progress for Alaska’s Writer’s Block; Kirkus showcases Maria’s Bookshop

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19 Apr

January–March 2016: ABA Member Stores Opening/Sold

The first quarter of 2016 saw eight ABA member store openings and five sales of existing businesses to new owners.

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13 Apr

Around Indies

Plot Twist Bookstore opens in Iowa; Sunrise Books coming to North Carolina; Indie bookstore headed for downtown Winston-Salem; Politics & Prose walking tours showcase historic D.C.

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12 Apr

Main Street Books Aims to Corner the Market in Northeastern Nebraska

The closure of a book-and-music chain’s local branch store created the business opportunity of a lifetime for a couple in Norfolk, Nebraska. Chad and Bonnell Jochum plan to open Main Street Books, a general interest bookstore, on April 18. 

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06 Apr

Around Indies

East City Bookshop to open April 30; April 13 ribbon-cutting for Copperfield’s Novato location; Baltimore to welcome new bookstore/café; The Bookstore marks 40 years under owner Matthew Tannenbaum

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05 Apr

Volumes Bookcafé Holds Grand Opening

Volumes Bookcafé, a new general interest bookstore in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, April 2.

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30 Mar

Savoy Bookshop & Café Opens for Business

Savoy Bookshop & Café, the sister store to Mystic, Connecticut’s Bank Square Books, officially opened on March 29 in downtown Westerly, Rhode Island.

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30 Mar

Around Indies

Horton’s Books & Gifts marks 125 years; Briar Patch owner to pass the torch; An Unlikely Story wins design awards; Afterwords Books hosts Route 66 info stop

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23 Mar

Around Indies

Grand Rapids to welcome Books & Mortar; Dog Eared Books to open second store; New location, business model for BookSmart; Once Upon a Storybook to celebrate chapter two; Kirkus showcases Green Apple Books

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16 Mar

Around Indies

Parnassus Books to launch bookmobile; Group seeks to open Billings Bookstore Co-operative; Florida’s MacIntosh Books moves; Micawber’s Books relocates; Book Revue welcomes new café; Left Bank Books plays role in marriage proposal

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16 Mar

New Owners, New Name for Once Upon a Tome

Alyssa and Jacob Holster, the new owners of Once Upon a Tome in Eden, North Carolina, are adding a coffee bar and changing the store’s name to Uprising Coffee & Books.

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09 Mar

Around Indies

BookHampton East sold, to be managed by R.J. Julia; Ripped Bodice brings romance to Culver City; Hennessey + Ingalls reopens in Los Angeles’ Arts District

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02 Mar

Around Indies

HyperText Bookstore opens in Massachusetts; Stories Bookshop and Storytelling Lab coming to New York City; New owners for Once Upon a Crime; Leadership promotions at Tattered Cover; Open Books owners to retire

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01 Mar

One Grand Builds Buzz With Celebrities’ “Desert Island” Reading Lists

One Grand bookstore owner Aaron Hicklin is getting the word out about books as well as hooking new readers by sharing the metaphorical desert island reading lists of notable figures.

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24 Feb

Around Indies

Magic City Books coming to Tulsa; Savoy Bookshop grand opening set for April 16; Napa Bookmine opens second location; Little Shop of Stories to grow; Grand reopening to celebrate Califon Book Shop’s new owner; Fountainhead Bookstore seeks new logo for new name; Suzy Staubach speaks up for UConn Co-Op; Hamilton creator drives business to Drama Book Shop; Itinerant Literate plans inaugural author event

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