Here’s what’s happening in the world of indie bookstores this week:

Read Books [7] is scheduled to open in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Author Tiffany Jewell at her standing room-only launch for This Book is Anti-Racist at Booklink Booksellers in Northampton, Massachusetts.

McNally Jackson [8]’s new City Point location in Brooklyn, New York, is scheduled to open this February [9].

DIESEL, A Bookstore [10] will open a new location [11] in San Diego, California.

A development plan in San Dimas, California, includes [12] a new Vroman’s [13] location.

Little City Books [14]’ new uptown location [15] in Hoboken, New Jersey, is now open.

Book Shop of Beverly Farms [16] in Beverly, Massachusetts, has been purchased by [17] Hannah Harlow, executive director of marketing for general interest books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Excelsior Bay Books [18] in Excelsior, Minnesota, is under new ownership [19].

The Bookloft [20] in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is moving to a new location [21].

Bookish: An Indie Shop for Folks Who Read [22] in Fort Smith, Arkansas, has partnered with its regional council for a book drive. [23]

One More Page [24] in Arlington, Virginia, is celebrating nine years in business [25] this month.

For Keeps Books [26] in Atlanta, Georgia, was featured in the article “Atlanta bookstore, For Keeps, offers classic and rare black author titles [27].”

Covered Treasures [28] in Monument, Colorado, was highlighted in the article “Independent bookstores adapt, survive the e-reader [29].”

Porter Square Books [30] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was featured in an article called “Fight Evil, Read Lots, Build Community and Support Your Local Bookstore [31].”

The article “San Francisco’s 49-Year-Old Russian Bookstore Opens a Progressive New Chapter [32]” talked about Globus Books [33] in San Francisco, California.

Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore [34] in Forest Park, Illinois, was featured in an article called “A vocation, not just a job [35].”

Tombolo Books [36] in St. Petersburg, Florida, was highlighted for “bringing back the nostalgia of buying a new book [37].”

Off the Beaten Path [38] in Lakewood, New York, was featured in an article called “Bookstore Owner Sets Goals for 2020 [39].”

Bluebird Books [40] in Hutchinson, Kansas, was featured in an article called “Local flavor: Bluebird Books champions local focus in, around business [41].”

Sean Doolittle of the Washington Nationals, who has been a vocal fan of indie bookstores [42], was spotted at Capitol Hill Books [43] in Washington, D.C., last Saturday, where he was mistaken for a staff member [44].

The local newspaper [45] looked at Anoka, Minnesota’s Otter Lane Book Shop [46] and the store’s work with young readers. 

Narcity [47] wrote about First Draft Book Bar [48], which is located inside Phoenix’s Changing Hands Bookstore [48].

Booklink Booksellers [49] in Northampton, Massachusetts, hosted the standing-room-only launch [50] for Tiffany Jewell’s This Book is Anti-Racist (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books/Quarto).

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