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87 ABA Member Stores Open in 2016; 15 Sold to New Owners
Printer-friendly versionIn 2016, the American Booksellers Association welcomed 87 new indie bookstores that opened for business in 32 states and the District of Columbia, a 42.6 percent increase over the number of store openings in 2015. The new stores include a children’s bookstore, a romance bookstore, and 21 branches or satellites of existing businesses.
In addition, 15 established ABA member stores were bought by new owners.
ABA Member Stores/Branches Opening in 2016
Absolutely Fiction Bookstore
903 South John Redditt Drive
Lufkin, TX 75904
(936) 639-4143
absolutelyfiction.com
Adelina Film & Art Books
902 SW Morrison Street
Portland, OR 97205
adelinabooks.com
Another Chapter Bookstore
9455 Owasso Expressway, Suite J
Owasso, OK 74055
(918) 609-5946
facebook.com/anotherchapterbookstore
Art of STEM
7425 North Leavitt Avenue
Portland, OR 97203
(503) 206-6214
artofstem.com
Avid Bookshop
1662 South Lumpkin Street
Athens, GA 30606
(706) 850-2843
avidbookshop.com
(Branch location)
Bel and Bunna’s Books
3581 Mount Diablo Boulevard, Suite C
Lafayette, CA 94549
(925) 298-5512
belandbunnasbooks.com
Beyond Barcodes Bookstore
108 North Main Street, Suite B
Kokomo, IN 46901
(765) 271-5537
squareup.com/market/beyondbarcodesbookstore
Bird in Hand
11 East 33rd Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 243-0757
birdinhandcharlesvillage.com
(Satellite of Ivy Bookshop)
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)
The Book Haven
3040 North Windsong Drive
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
(928) 445-2299
bookhavenaz.com
Book World
Junction Shopping Center
818 West Lincoln Highway, Suite 7
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 748-9003
bookworldstores.com
(Branch location)
Book-ish at Mountain Book Cottage
404 Highway 107 South
Cashiers, NC 28717
(828) 743-7544
book-ishstore.com
Booked on 25th
147 25th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
(801) 394-4891
bookedon25th.com
Books & Boards
422 Main Street
Columbus, MS 39701
(662) 798-0859
booksandboards.com
Books & Books at The Studios
533 Eaton Street
Key West, FL 33040
(305) 320-0208
booksandbookskw.com
(Branch location)
Books + Books + Bikes + LEBO
2602 NW 5th Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
booksandbooks.com
(Branch location)
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 location)
Bound Booksellers
158 Front Street, Suite 106
Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 656-5345
boundbookstn.com
Cabot Street Books and Cards
272 Cabot Street
Beverly, CA 01915
(978) 969-3460
hugobookstores.com
(Branch location of Hugo Bookstores)
Copperfield’s Books
999 Grant Avenue
Novato, CA 94945
(415) 763-3052
copperfieldsbooks.com
(Branch location)
Craft Books & Brews
317 North Franklin Street
Port Washington, WI 53074
(262) 643-5601
craftbooks.co
Creative Corner Books
607 Main Street
Hobart, NY 13788
(607) 386-2525
facebook.com/creativecornerbooks
Creative Harmony Arts & Books
317 German Street
Harmony, PA 16037
(724) 452-0869
harmonyartsbooks.com
Cultivator Bookstore
301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, NC 27818
(252) 395-0249
cultivatornc.com
Dog Ear Books
301 West Main Street
Russellville, AR 72801
(479) 219-5123
ilovedogear.com
Dog Eared Books
489 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 658-7920
dogearedbooks.com
(Branch location)
East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 290-1636
eastcitybookshop.com
East End Books Ptown
389 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
(508) 413-9059
facebook.com/eastendbooksptown
Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore
1101 Commercial Street
Emporia, KS 66801
(620) 208-2665
ellenplumbs.com
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
1928 7th Street
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
(205) 632-5331
ernestandhadleybooks.com
Foggy Pine Books
444 West King Street
Boone, NC 28607
(828) 386-1219
foggypinebooks.com
Francie and Finch Bookstore
130 South 13th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 781-0459
francieandfinch.com
Gathering Volumes
196 East South Boundary Street
Perrysburg, OH 43551
(567) 336-6188
gatheringvolumes.com
Gramercy Books
2424 East Main Street
Bexley, OH 43209
(614) 867-5515
gramercybooksbexley.com
Greenlight Bookstore
632 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
(718) 246-0200
greenlightbookstore.com
(Branch location)
Half Price Books
2615 North Decatur Road
Decatur, GA 30033
(404) 377-4593
hpb.com/125
1328 Butterfield Road
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 705-0970
hpb.com/124
1205 Johnson Ferry Road
Marietta, GA 30068
(770) 565-3337
hpb.com/126
(Branch locations)
Her Bookshop
1006 Fatherland Street, Suite 103A
Nashville, TN 37206
(615) 485-5420
herbookshop.com
Hills & Hamlets Bookshop
10625 Serenbe Lane
Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268
(470) 488-0330
hillsandhamlets.com
(Branch location of Underground Books)
HyperText Bookstore Café
107 Merrimack Street
Lowell, MA 01852
(978) 677-7191
facebook.com/HyperText-Bookstore-130173383994952/
Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney
2212 North Clybourn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 360-7591
kibbitznest.com
La Playa Books
1026 Rosencrans Street
San Diego, CA 92106
(619) 226-2601
laplayabooks.com
(Used)
The Last Bookstore and Coffee Shop
1013 East Main Street
Gatesville, TX 76528
(254) 216-0676
thelastbookstoretx.com
The Last Word Bookstore
615 South Jennings Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 862-9859
facebook.com/thelastwordbooks
The Little Bookshop
1318 Sycamore Square
Midlothian, VA 23113
(804) 464-1244
thelittlebookshopva.com
Little Tidbits Bookshop
Stanton, MI 48888
(616) 422-3984
littletidbitsbookshop.com
(Online only)
Main Street Books
426 West Norfolk Avenue
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402) 860-1396
msbooksnorfolk.com
Midtown Reader
1123 Thomasville Road
Tallahassee, FL 32393
(850) 425-2665
midtownreader.com
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 215-2540
milkweed.org/bookstore
Motivations that Inspire Book Store
7402 North 56th Street, Suite 800C
Tampa, FL 33617
motivationsthatinspirebooks.weebly.com
Napa Bookmine @ Oxbow
Oxbow Public Market
610 & 644 1st Street
Napa, CA 94559
(707) 726-6575
napabookmine.com/napa-bookmine-oxbow
Narberth Bookshop
221 Haverford Avenue
Narberth, PA 19072
(610) 664-1112
narberthbookshop.com
Nine Stories Booksellers
5400 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
(412) 347-8635
ninestoriespgh.com
Old Fox Books
35 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 626-2020
oldfoxbooks.com
Paradise Found Bookstore
505 Pine Avenue
Anna Maria, FL 34216
(941) 213-9687
paradisefoundami.com
Play on the Strand
2029 Strand Street
Galveston, TX 77550
(409) 599-0213
playonthestrand.com
Plot Twist Bookstore
502 North Ankeny Boulevard
Ankeny, IA 50023
(515) 964-8410
plottwistbookstore.com
Posman Books
Ponce City Market
675 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
(470) 355-9041
posmanbooks.com
(Branch location)
Postmark Books
449 Main Street
Rosendale, NY 12472
(845) 658-2479
postmarkbooks.net
Poway Book Shop
12525 Kirkham Court
Poway, CA 92064
(858) 945-6204
(Used)
Prairie Fox Books
722 LaSalle Street
Ottawa, IL 61350
(815) 433-7323
prairiefoxbooks.com
Print: A Bookstore
273 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 536-4778
printbookstore.com
The Red Door Books & Local Art
1616 Jordan Drive
Saxapahaw, NC 27340
(336) 525-2553
reddoorsxpw.com
The Ripped Bodice
3806 Main Street
Culver City, CA 90232
(424) 603-4776
therippedbodicela.com
(Romance)
Roundabout Books
900 NW Mt. Washington Drive, Suite 110
Bend, OR 97703
(541) 306-6564
roundaboutbookshop.com
Savoy Bookshop & Café
10 Canal Street
Westerly, RI 02891
(401) 213-3901
banksquarebooks.com
(Branch location of Bank Square Books)
Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers
99 Montrose Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206
(718) 387-7322
spoonbillbooks.com
(Branch location)
Stax Discount Books
193A Boston Post Road West
Marlboroguh, MA 01752
(508) 251-0289
staxbooks.com
South Main Book Company
(Formerly Literary Book Post; new store owned by Wendy Beeker)
1110 South Main Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
(704) 630-9788
southmainbookcompany.com
Stories Bookshop & Storytelling Lab
458 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 369-1167
storiesbk.com
The Story Shop
124 North Broad Street
Monroe, GA 30655
(678) 635-8801
visitthestoryshop.com
Sunrise Books
7 Hillcrest Place
High Point, NC 27262
(336) 397-3755
sunrisebookshp.com
T.S. Cornerstones
401 Mill Street
Bristol, PA 19007
(267) 554-7307
tscornerstones.com
Third House Books & Coffee
113 North Main Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352) 354-2124
thirdhousebooks.com
Third Place Books at Seward Park
5041 Wilson Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
(206) 474-2200
thirdplacebooks.com
(Branch location)
This House of Books
224 North Broadway
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 534-1133
thishouseofbooks.com
Unlimited Books for Kids
70 East Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
(828) 369-7942
booksunlimitednc.com
(Branch location of Books Unlimited)
Uprising Coffee & Books
(Formerly Once Upon a Tome Bookstore; new store owned by Alyssa and Jacob Holster)
655 Washington Street
Eden, NC 27288
(336) 612-5798
uprisingcoffeeandbooks.com
Volumes Bookcafé
1474 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 697-8066
volumesbooks.com
Walls of Books
7739 Tylers Place Boulevard
West Chester, OH 45069
(513) 755-2206
gottwalsbooks.com/westchester
3325 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington, DC, 20010
(202) 836-7374
wallsofbooksdc.com
(Branch locations)
White Whale Books
(Formerly East End Book Exchange; new store owned by Jill and Adlai Yeomans)
4754 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
(412) 224-2847
whitewhalebookstore.com
Wild Geese Bookshop
107 South Water Street
Franklin, IN 46131
(317) 494-6545
wildgeesebookshop.com
New Owners of Existing Stores
The Book Bin
New owner: Philip Wilson
Four Corner Plaza
25304 Lankford Highway
Onley, VA 23418
(757) 787-7866
bookbinva.com
BookHampton
New owner: Carolyn Brody
41 Main Street
East Hampton, NY 11937
(631) 324-4939
bookhampton.com
The Bookloft
New owner: Pamela Pescosolido
Barrington Plaza
332 Stockbridge Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-1521
thebookloft.com
Eagle Harbor Book Company
New owners: Jane and Dave Danielson
157 Winslow Way East
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 842-5332
eagleharborbooks.com
Episcopal Books
New owner: Randy Gilchrist
3837 Stone Way North
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 545-0500
episcopalbookstore.com
Four-Eyed Frog Books
New owner: Community-owned bookstore
39138 Ocean Drive
Gualala, CA 95445
(707) 884-1333
foureyedfrog.com
Island Bound Bookstore
New owners: Susan Bush and Laura Parsons
413 Water Street
Block Island, RI 02807-0413
(401) 466-8878
islandboundbookstore.com
Maine Coast Book Shop & Café
New owner: Jeff Curtis, Sherman’s Books & Stationery Stores
158 Main Street
Damariscotta, ME 04543
(207) 563-3207
mainecoastbookshop.com
Misty Valley Books
New owners: Michael DeSanto and Renee Reiner
58 The Common
Chester, VT 05143
(802) 875-3400
mvbooks.com
(Branch location of Phoenix Books)
North by Northwest Books
New owner: Rachel Robertson
6334 South Highway 101, Suite 1
Lincoln City, OR 97367
(541) 994-3087
facebook.com/NorthByNorthwestBooks
Off the Beaten Path Bookstore
New owner: Katie Gustafson
28 Chautauqua Avenue
Lakewood, NY 14750
(716) 720-4917
obpbooks.com
Open Books: A Poem Emporium
New owner: Billie Swift
2414 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 633-0811
openpoetrybooks.com
The Storybook Shoppe
New owner: Sally Sue Lavigne
41A Calhoun Streeet
Bluffton, SC 29910
(843) 757-2600
thestorybookshoppe.com
Viewpoint Books
New owners: Beth and John Stroh
548 Washington Street
Columbus, IN 47201
(812) 376-0778
viewpointbooks.com
Village Books
New owner: Jean Healy
Central Square Mall
201 NW 4th Street
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
(218) 326-9458
villagebookstoremn.com
If your store opened in 2016 or you became the new owner of an existing ABA member store and we did not include you on this list, please let us know. We’ll be happy to update the list and to run an addendum in an upcoming edition of BTW.