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 [6]

Bookbinders Basalt
760 East Valley Road, Suite C-122
Basalt, CO 81621
(970) 279-5040
bookbindersbasalt.com [7]

Books & Books, Suniland Shops
11299 South Dixie Highway
Miami, FL 33156
booksandbooks.com [8]
(Branch location)

Books Are Magic
225 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 246-BOOK
booksaremagic.net [9]

Brick & Mortar Books
7430 164th Avenue NE, Suite B105
Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 869-0606
brickandmortarbooks.com [10]

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 [11]

The First Chapter
45 Main Street
Leominster, MA 01453
(774) 312-3851
thefirstchapterma.org [12]

Libelula Books
Waterloo, IA
(319) 486-3375
libelulabooks.com [13]
(Online only / pop-up)

Neighborhood Reads
401 Lafayette Street
Washington, MO 63090
(636) 390-9673
neighborhoodreads.com [14]

Page 1 Books
Evanston, IL
page1books.com [15]
(Subscription service)

Read With Me
111 East Hargett Street, Suite 110
Raleigh, NC 27601
readwithme.us [16]

Sententia Vera Bookshop
4002 East Highway 290
Dripping Springs, TX 78620
(512) 633-4327
sententiavera.com [17]

Smarty Pants Findlay
219 Broadway
Findlay, OH 45840
(419) 425-3276
facebook.com/smartypantsfindlay [18]

Walls of Books
4508 Armour Road
Columbus, GA 31904
(706) 993-2400
facebook.com/wobcolumbus [19]
(Branch location)

Wesleyan R.J. Julia Bookstore
413 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 685-3939
wesleyanrjjulia.com [20]
(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 [21]

Innisfree Bookshop
New owner: Casey Gerken
312 Daniel Webster Highway, Suite 116
Meredith, NH 03253
(603) 279-3905
facebook.com/Innisfreebookshop [22]

Lorelei Books
New owner: Kelle Barfield
1103 Washington Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
(601) 634-8624
loreleibooks.com [23]

Otto Bookstore
New owners: Kathryn Nassberg and Isak Sidenbladh
107 West 4th Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570) 326-5764
ottobookstore.com [24]

Winston Smith Books
New owner: Glen Sewell
933 Lincoln Way
Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 823-5940
winstonsmithbooks.com [25]

WordsWorth Books & Co.
New owners: Lia Lent and Tom McGowan
5920 R Street
Little Rock, AR 72207
(501) 663-9198
facebook.com/wordswortharbooks [26]

To report a bookstore opening or sale, drop us a quick e-mail [27] and we’ll include it in our next update.