Amazon Coop to Stay Open
By Claire Kirch -- Publishers Weekly, 6/18/2008 8:07:00 AM
Amazon Bookstore Coop in Minneapolis, the one of the oldest feminist bookstore in the country, which was scheduled to close June 29 after 38 years, has received an 11th-hour reprieve. Store patrons received a short e-mail early Wednesday evening from Amazon's general manager, Barb Weiser, and the rest of the nine-member bookstore collective, announcing that editorial consultant Ruta Skujins, "with the help of her partner" Joann Bell, will assume ownership of the 2, 800-square-foot store, effective "by the end of June." The store is being restocked and special orders are being taken.
