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Around Indies [4]
- By Emily Behnke [5]
Here’s what’s happening in the world of indie bookstores this week:
DIESEL: A Bookstore [6] in San Diego, California, held a soft opening for its Del Mar Highlands Town Center location on Halloween.
Writers & Books [7] in Rochester, New York, is now open [8].
Auburn Oil & Co. Booksellers [9] is now open in Auburn, Alabama [10].
The Crooked Shelf Bookshop LLC [11] is now open in Lewistown, Pennsylvania [12].
Lion’s Mouth Bookstore [13] in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is now open [14].
Cupboard Maker Books [15] in Enola, Pennsylvania, will open a pop-up location in Lower Paxton Township for the holiday season [16].
Interabang Books [17] in Dallas, Texas, will reopen in mid-November in a new location after being closed due to storm damage [18].
Neal Coonerty, the former owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz [19] and former president of the American Booksellers Association, has retired [20].
Lake Forest Book Store [21] in Lake Forest, Illinois, celebrated 70 years in October.
Second Star to the Right [22] in Denver, Colorado, celebrated its fifth birthday over the weekend with book giveaways, a sale, crafts, and cake.
From My Shelf Books & Gifts [23] in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, has advanced to the second round of the Independent Small Business of the Year Award [24], sponsored by Independent We Stand [25].
Half Price Books [26] in Dallas, Texas, donated more than 2.500 to students at schools in the city that are closed indefinitely due to the tornado that happened two weeks ago.
The Los Angeles Times spoke with Ann Patchett, owner of Parnassus Books [27] in Nashville, Tennessee, about how indie bookstores are taking on Amazon [28].
Bookie’s Bookstore [29] in Chicago, Illinois, was featured in an article called “Owner of Bookie’s Bookstore in Homewood shares his story and his Top 10 reads [30].”
Nowhere Bookshop [31] in San Antonio, Texas, was featured in an article called “San Antonio author Jenny Lawson of TheBloggess.com prepares to open a new independent bookstore [32].”
Whistlestop Bookshop [33] in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was featured in an article called “A leaking roof and ruined books led to a flood of orders and tidal wave of customers for this bookstore [34].”
Scattered Books [35] in Chappaqua, New York, was featured in an article called “Bill Clinton Meets ‘CIA Whistleblower’ on Halloween at New York Bookstore [36].”
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