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Around Indies [5]
Here’s what’s happening in the world of indie bookstores this week:
Prologue Bookshop [6] is tentatively scheduled to open [7] this October in Columbus, Ohio.
Northshire Bookstore [8] in Saratoga Springs, New York, will celebrate five years in business on August 5. Festivities will include a tote bag giveaway, a raffle, cake, and a champagne toast.
Mavis the Magical Bookmobile [9], a refurbished ambulance turned book cart, is up and running as part of BookBar’s [10] initiative to increase literacy in Denver, Colorado.
Bookshop Santa Cruz [11] launched AWE: The Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs, [12] an organization that promotes and supports downtown businesses in Santa Cruz, California, that are owned or managed by women.
Tattered Cover Book Store [13] in Denver, Colorado, announced that Bethany Strout, frontlist children’s book buyer, has been named the store’s new director of buying.
Emma Straub, owner of Books Are Magic [14] in Brooklyn, New York, discussed the success of her business with TODAY. [15]
Bookie’s [16] in Chicago has won Rare Bird Books and Book Passage’s “Through The Bookstore Window” display contest [17], in which stores were asked to create and send photos of displays featuring books about bookstores. Winners were announced on July 25. As part of its win, Bookie’s received a grand prize of $500.
Heather Boyne’s display [18] at Battenkill Books [19] in Cambridge, New York, was selected by Hachette Book Group for its Notes from a Public Typewriter window display contest.
Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore [20] and David Shuman of Book People Richmond [21], both located in Richmond, Virginia, appeared on the podcast Full Disclosure [22] in an episode called “B(u)y the Book.”
Hoodline ranked the five best used bookstores in Seattle, Washington [23]. Mercer Street Books [24] and the Left Bank Book Collective [25] made the list.
Share your news in Around Indies! E-mail [email protected] [26] with photos and details of what’s new at your store, whether it’s opening for business, moving to a new location, expanding, changing ownership, hosting a special event, or celebrating a milestone anniversary.