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Around Indies [4]
- By Emily Behnke [5]
Here’s what’s happening in the world of indie bookstores this week:
On her tour for Becoming (Crown), the best-selling book of 2018 [6], Michelle Obama visited Tattered Cover Book Store [7] in Denver, Colorado, and The Seminary Co-op [8] in Chicago. “Happy tears and smiles all around! Thank you Michelle Obama for visiting Tattered Cover. #IAmBecoming,” Tattered Cover posted on Facebook [9] following the event. Seminary Co-Op shared on Facebook [10]: “We are so grateful to our incredible community and Michelle Obama for bringing us together on this cold day for an event of tremendous warmth.”
At The Fountain Bookstore [11] in Richmond, Virginia, owner Kelly Justice tweeted [12] her displeasure about the number of shoppers “showrooming” at the store over the weekend, a tweet that went viral and inspired a story in The Guardian [13].
Bill Fletcher and Don Moss [14] have opened Jake’s Place Books [15] in Oak Park, Illinois.
A Freethinker’s Corner [16] opened in Dover, New Hampshire, in August. Foster’s Daily Democrat cited the store as being part of a “small bookstore revival [17].”
Bermuda Book Store [18] opened a small branch location at the Bermuda Arts Centre [19] in Sandys.
Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Porter Square Books [20] has launched a pop-up shop [21] in the Porter Square Shopping Center.
Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café [22] opened a pop-up store [23] in the Center for Arts & Inspiration in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Philadelphia [24] magazine interviewed the owners of the new Pennsylvania bookstore A Novel Idea on Passyunk [25], newlyweds Christina Rosso-Schneider and Alexander Schneider. The store will hold its grand opening on Friday, January 4.
Quartzy featured Eso Won Books [26] in Los Angeles, California, in an article titled, “How One of America’s Oldest Black-Owned Bookstores has Endured in the Amazon Age [27].”
The Story House [28], a bookmobile that travels around Montgomery County, Maryland, was featured in local news [29].
VOA News [30] identified Washington, D.C., bookstore Politics and Prose [31] as a place where literary and political worlds meet.
WhatcomTalk [32] featured Washington State’s Village Books [33] and its partnership with audiobook provider Libro.fm [34].
Powell’s Books [35] Events Coordinator Jeremy Garber was interviewed by Oregon Public Broadcasting [36], and JustLuxe included the store on a list of 10 things to do in Portland, Oregon [37].
New Hampshire’s Union Leader [38] talked to Gibson’s Bookstore [39] owner Michael Herrmann about the importance of shopping local during the holidays.
Northshire Bookstore [40] owner Chris Morrow talked with Upstate New York’s Daily Gazette [41] about bridging the online and brick-and-mortar worlds.
Mclean & Eakin Booksellers [42] offered up a list of the top 10 Michigan-based books for 2018 [43] and was profiled by Petoskey News [44].
Fast Company listed 61 indies to shop at this holiday season [45].
Ohio.org listed the top 10 cozy Ohio bookshops to visit this winter [46].
TroyMedia [47] and the Times Colonist [48] encouraged consumers to shop at local bookstores.
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