April–June 2017: ABA Member Stores Opening/Sold

The second quarter of 2017 saw 15 ABA member store openings and six sales of existing businesses to new owners. Among the openings are a children’s bookstore, a book subscription service, and new branches of established bookstores.

NEW STORES

Belmont Books
79 Leonard Street
Belmont, MA 02478
(617) 932-1496
belmontbooks.com

Bookbinders Basalt
760 East Valley Road, Suite C-122
Basalt, CO 81621
(970) 279-5040
bookbindersbasalt.com

Books & Books, Suniland Shops
11299 South Dixie Highway
Miami, FL 33156
booksandbooks.com
(Branch location)

Books Are Magic
225 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 246-BOOK
booksaremagic.net

Brick & Mortar Books
7430 164th Avenue NE, Suite B105
Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 869-0606
brickandmortarbooks.com

Bright Side Bookshop
(Formerly Barefoot Cowgirl Books; new store owned by Annette Avery and Lisa Lamberson)
18 North San Francisco Street
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 440-5041
brightsidebookshop.com

The First Chapter
45 Main Street
Leominster, MA 01453
(774) 312-3851
thefirstchapterma.org

Libelula Books
Waterloo, IA
(319) 486-3375
libelulabooks.com
(Online only / pop-up)

Neighborhood Reads
401 Lafayette Street
Washington, MO 63090
(636) 390-9673
neighborhoodreads.com

Page 1 Books
Evanston, IL
page1books.com
(Subscription service)

Read With Me
111 East Hargett Street, Suite 110
Raleigh, NC 27601
readwithme.us

Sententia Vera Bookshop
4002 East Highway 290
Dripping Springs, TX 78620
(512) 633-4327
sententiavera.com

Smarty Pants Findlay
219 Broadway
Findlay, OH 45840
(419) 425-3276
facebook.com/smartypantsfindlay

Walls of Books
4508 Armour Road
Columbus, GA 31904
(706) 993-2400
facebook.com/wobcolumbus
(Branch location)

Wesleyan R.J. Julia Bookstore
413 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 685-3939
wesleyanrjjulia.com
(Branch location)

NEW OWNERS

The Book Review
New owner: Clare Lygo
Falmouth Shopping Center
251 U.S. Route 1
Falmouth, ME 04105
(207) 781-4808
bookreviewmaine.com

Innisfree Bookshop
New owner: Casey Gerken
312 Daniel Webster Highway, Suite 116
Meredith, NH 03253
(603) 279-3905
facebook.com/Innisfreebookshop

Lorelei Books
New owner: Kelle Barfield
1103 Washington Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
(601) 634-8624
loreleibooks.com

Otto Bookstore
New owners: Kathryn Nassberg and Isak Sidenbladh
107 West 4th Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570) 326-5764
ottobookstore.com

Winston Smith Books
New owner: Glen Sewell
933 Lincoln Way
Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 823-5940
winstonsmithbooks.com

WordsWorth Books & Co.
New owners: Lia Lent and Tom McGowan
5920 R Street
Little Rock, AR 72207
(501) 663-9198
facebook.com/wordswortharbooks

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