July–September 2016: ABA Member Stores Opening/Sold

The third quarter of 2016 saw 16 ABA member store openings and three sales of existing businesses to new owners. Among the openings are a children’s bookstore, a bookmobile, and new branches of established bookstores.

NEW STORES

Absolutely Fiction Bookstore
903 South John Redditt Drive
Lufkin, TX 75904
(936) 639-4143
absolutelyfiction.com

Black Dog Books
188 Spring Street
Newton, NJ 07860
(201) 230-3900
blackdogbooksnj.com

Blue Baboon Books
Wichita, KS 67204
(316) 413-2400
bluebaboonbooks.com
(Mobile bookstore)

Book World
Junction Shopping Center
818 West Lincoln Highway, Suite 7
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 748-9003
bookworldstores.com
(Branch)

Booked on 25th
147 25th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
(801) 394-4891
bookedon25th.com

Books & Mortar
955 Cherry Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
(616) 214-8233
booksandmortar.com

Books and Crannies
50 East Church Street
Martinsville, VA 24112
(276) 403-4380
booksandcranniesva.com

Books Inc.
Santa Clara Square Marketplace
2712 Augustine Drive, Suite 120
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 727-1500
booksinc.net/SantaClara
(Branch)

Cultivator Bookstore
301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, NC 27818
(252) 395-0249
facebook.com/cultivatorbookstore

Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore
1101 Commercial Street
Emporia, KS 66801
(620) 208-2665
ellenplumbs.com

Gathering Volumes
196 East South Boundary Street
Perrysburg, OH 43551
(567) 336-6188
gatheringvolumes.com

Half Price Books Decatur
2615 North Decatur Road
Decatur, GA 30033
(404) 377-4593
hpb.com/125
(Branch)

Her Bookshop
1006 Fatherland Street, Suite 103A
Nashville, TN 37206
(615) 485-5420
herbookshop.com

The Last Bookstore and Coffeehouse
1013 East Main Street
Gatesville, TX 76528
(254) 216-0676
thelastbookstoretx.com

Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 215-2552
milkweed.org/about-us/bookstore

Unlimited Books for Kids
70 East Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
(828) 369-7942
booksunlimitednc.com

NEW OWNERS

Four-Eyed Frog Books
New owner: Community-owned bookstore
39138 Ocean Drive
Gualala, CA 95445
(707) 884-1333
foureyedfrog.com

Open Books: A Poem Emporium
New owner: Billie Swift
2414 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 633-0811
openpoetrybooks.com

Viewpoint Books
New owners: Beth and John Stroh
548 Washington Street
Columbus, IN 47201
(812) 376-0778
viewpointbooks.com

To report a bookstore opening or sale, drop us a quick e-mail and we’ll include it in our next update.