- 2026 Jan 16
Nebraska Bookshop in Danger of Closing
Tattered Bookstore in Grand Island may shutter due to rising costs after nearly 20 years in business.
Idaho’s Bookstore on Wheels
Curbside Bookstore has hit the road in and around Boise.
- 2026 Jan 15
Texas Bookstore to Expand
The Menil Bookstore in Houston is undergoing renovations and plans to reopen next year.
Virginia Bookshop to Pop-Up
Magnolia & Main will transition from a brick-and-mortar to a mobile, pop-up model.
Indie Bookshop to Shutter in N.Y.
Akimbo Books in Rochester will close after six years in business.
- 2026 Jan 14
Washington State Feels the Love
Romance bookstore Bagg Books has opened its doors in Kennewick.
Indie Bookstore Settles Down in Ohio
Mobile bookshop Books A Go Go has opened a brick-and-mortar location in Ravenna.
Seattle Turns Up the Heat
The recently opened Beguiled Books offers romance titles in the city’s Pioneer Square neighborhood.
- 2026 Jan 13
Mobile Bookstore Rolls Through Virginia
The Wandering Shelf has hit the road in and around Arlington.
Bookstore-Bakery Sweetens Georgia
Estelle Books and Bakery opened in Wrens last summer.
California Bookshop to Shutter
Face in a Book in El Dorado Hills will close its doors after 14 years.
Nashville’s First Romance Bookstore
Slow Burn Bookshop has opened in East Nashville.
- 2026 Jan 12
Punk Bookstore Lands in Kansas
Anarchist publishing press Bread & Roses has opened a brick-and-mortar location in Lawrence.
Books and Beer Join Forces in N.Y.
Better Days Books is slated to open in Cairo later this spring.
New Mexico Bookstore May Reconsider
After announcing its probable closure, Samizdat Bookstore and Teahouse in Los Alamos may remain open after all, thanks to an outpouring of community support.
New Bookstore Comes to Upstate N.Y.
Athenix Books & Brews opened in Little Falls last week.
Holiday Blues in Seattle Bookshop
Due to an internal UPS error, Charlie’s Queer Books did not receive packages during the holiday season, leaving shelves bare and sales lost.
Bookstore Soft Launches in California
Nomadic Bookshop hosted its soft opening in Oakland last month.
- 2026 Jan 09
Romance Bookstore Lands in Texas
Finney’s Books opened in East Austin last month.
Indie Bookshop Comes to North Carolina
Box Turtle Books will host its grand opening in Shelby this weekend.
Binc Opens Denver Scholarship Apps
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation will offer up to $7,000 for current booksellers to attend the Denver Publishing Institute. Applications are accepted through February 6.
- 2026 Jan 08
California Bookshop to Relocate
Due to financial hardship, the Latina-owned Casita Bookstore will move to a smaller location in Long Beach.
Indie Bookstore Revamps in Denver
West Side Books and Curios will reopen later this month following a remodeling.
Indie Bookshop Expands in Ohio
Prologue Bookstore in Columbus will move to a larger space this spring.
- 2026 Jan 07
New Bookshop Lands in Michigan
Booked Up celebrated its grand opening in Kalamazoo last week.
Children’s Bookshop Returns to N.C.
Liberation Station, the state’s only Black-owned children’s bookstore, has reopened in Raleigh.
Pop-up Hits the Road in Oklahoma
The Chapterhouse delivers books and literary events across the Tulsa area.
- 2026 Jan 06
Iowa’s First Romance Bookstore Moves
HEA Book Boutique has relocated to Cedar Rapids.
GoFundMe for California Bookstore
Dandar’s Boardgames and Books is accepting donations after a wind-fueled fire destroyed an entire block in downtown Arcata.
Another California Bookshop Seeks Aid
Northtown Books is also accepting donations after the recent Arcata fire.
- 2026 Jan 05
Fire Tears Through California Bookshops
A massive, wind-fueled fire destroyed several businesses in downtown Arcata, including Northtown Books as well as Dandar’s Games and Books.
New Bookstore Lands in Maine
Cat Yard Book Shop recently opened in Skowhegan.
Black-Owned Bookshop to Close in Atlanta
Medu Bookstore will shutter after 35 years in business as its owner prepares to retire.
Texas Bookstore to Shutter
Patchouli Joe’s in Denton will close its doors this March.
Oklahoma’s Newest Bookstore
Meadow Market Books hosted a soft opening in Tulsa this past weekend.
New Mexico Bookstore to Shut Down
Samizdat Bookstore & Teahouse in Los Alamos is slated to close this February.
- 2025 Dec 23
A New Bookstore in Iowa
I’ll Meet You There, located in the Czech Village neighborhood of Cedar Rapids, also features a cafe.
Romance on Wheels
Homed in a purple bus, mobile bookstore Rescued by Romance brings its titles to communities throughout northern Colorado.
- 2025 Dec 22
Binc Announces Year-End Fundraiser
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is launching an end-of-the-year campaign to raise $50,000 by offering to double any donation up to $6,000 through December 31.
Daunt Strikes Back
Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt has denied responsibility for the closing of Chicago’s Volumes Bookcafe, where owners say sales have suffered since an outpost of the chain opened nearby, according to the Daily Mail.
Books on the Move
Mystery Solved, a genre specialty bookshop housed in a VW van, is Utah’s only mystery-focused bookstore.
Illinois Gets New Bookstore
Sunshine Book Nook in Urbana offers new and used books.
- 2025 Dec 19
NYC Theater, Bookshops Team Up
59E59 Theaters will collaborate with Argosy Book Store, the Drama Book Shop, and McNally Jackson to celebrate its upcoming production of The Bookstore.
North Carolina’s New Mobile Bookstore
Willbloom Books, an indie based out of a mint-green bus, has rolled into Weaverville.
- 2025 Dec 17
Indie Bookstore Lands in Kentucky
Wildings Bookshop opened in Lexington earlier this year.
California’s Newest Book Nook
Baileys Book Nook opened its doors in Redding this month.
New and Used Bookshop Comes to Ohio
Sunshine Book Nook hosted its grand opening last weekend in Urbana.
- 2025 Dec 16
Florida’s Newest Literary Hideaway
The Book Lounge has opened in downtown St. Petersburg, offering books, bites, wine, and board games.
Wisconsin Pop-Up Winds Down
Holiday pop-up bookstore Reading Nest will host its final weekend in Cedarburg.
- 2025 Dec 15
Chicago Indie Expands Its Offerings
Quimby’s Bookstore has launched an in-house print and design service for self-published zines, comics, and art books.
Manhattan Bookshop to Host Final Sale
Ahead of closing, Bluestockings Cooperative in the Lower East Side is selling the last of its stock to offset its debts and benefit a prisoner solidarity organization.
New Hampshire’s Newest Indie
Bound Together opened in Nashua last month.
New Bookshop Touches Down in Wyoming
Indie Darling Bookstore has opened its doors in Lander.
- 2025 Dec 12
Bookshop-Bar Opens in Long Island
The Bookstore, a “bartender co-op” in Patchogue, offers both booze and books.
Baltimore Bookstore Promotes Literacy
Urban Reads Bookstore has hit the road with a mobile library.
- 2025 Dec 11
James Patterson’s Holiday Tradition
The author has distributed $300,000 in holiday bonuses to 600 indie booksellers across the country.
Connecticut B&N Unionizes
Members of UFCW Local 919 who work at Barnes & Noble in North Haven unanimously ratified their first union contract.
Florida Feels the Love
Love Story Book Co. has opened in Tallahassee’s Mahan Square Shopping Center.
- 2025 Dec 10
New Indie Heads to North Carolina
Floodplain Books is slated to open in Wilmington next year.
Michigan Bookstore Goes Digital
Comma Bookstore & Social Hub will shutter its brick-and-mortar location in Flint, transitioning to an online storefront.
Ohio Bookstore Expands
Birch Tree Bookery, the first indie bookshop in Marion, has opened a second location in Bucyrus.
Iowa’s Newest Bookshop-Cafe Combo
I’ll Meet You There has opened its doors in Cedar Rapids.
- 2025 Dec 09
LGBTQ Bookshop Lands in Atlanta
Two Best Friends Café & Books has opened in the city’s Castleberry Hills neighborhood.
- 2025 Dec 08
Cleveland’s First Children’s Bookshop
The Wandering Lantern has opened in the city’s Lakewood suburb.
Maryland’s Newest Bookstore
Lily Books & Café opened last week in downtown Cumberland.
Missouri Comic Bookshop’s New Chapter
Betty’s Books has reopened in St. Louis County.
- 2025 Dec 05
Binc to Offer ComicsPRO Scholarships
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation will double the number of scholarships it offers for comic store owners and their employees to attend the ComicsPRO industry meeting in Glendale, Calif., held February 18-21.
NYC’s First Fantasy Bookshop
Love & Legends Books opened in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood last month.
New Bookstore Blooms in Upstate N.Y.
Botanica Books has landed in Saratoga Springs.
Wisconsin’s Newest Indie
The Nerdy Word will host its grand opening in Union Grove this weekend.
- 2025 Dec 04
New Bookshop Lands in Ohio
Escape into Fiction opened earlier this fall in Powell.
Kansas City Bookstore to Shutter
Afterword Tavern & Shelves is slated to close in January.
Florida Gets a New Bookstore
No Shelf Control bookshop recently opened its doors in St. Augustine.
- 2025 Dec 03
Kansas Bookshop Changes Hands
Hedgehog.INK Bookstore in Fort Scott was sold to new owners this week.
Black-Owned Bookstore Lands in Chicago
Honey And Hue will offer books by BIPOC authors in the city’s Beverly neighborhood.
- 2025 Dec 02
Indie Bookstore Lands in San Diego
Library Shop Mission Hills opened its doors earlier this week.
North Carolina’s Newest Bookshop
Main & Mountain Bookstore opened last weekend in downtown Kernersville.
- 2025 Dec 01
New Indie Lands in North Carolina
Main & Mountain Bookstore opened in downtown Kernersville over the weekend.
New Missouri Store Breaks Down Barriers
The Littlest Library, Kansas City’s first Latina-owned bookstore, offers titles in English and Spanish.
Arkansas Bookstore Changes Hands
Kristin Tardif, a professor at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, is the new owner of Bookish in Fort Smith.
Comics Store, Bookstore to Open in Maine
Comic Shop News and Bookish will soon set up shop in downtown Skowhegan.
- 2025 Nov 26
Romance Pop-Up to Land in California
A Novel Affair will open its doors this weekend in downtown Los Altos.
Ohio Record Store Gets Bookish
Blackbird Records in Mansfield will launch Blackbird Books this week.
- 2025 Nov 25
Rhode Island’s Newest Bookstore
Forget Me Not Fables Bookshop is set to open soon in North Providence.
- 2025 Nov 24
Oklahoma’s Newest Attraction
Tulsa-based Art Deco museum Decopolis has opened a second location that includes an onsite bookseller, FableRealm Bookstore, focused on fantasy and romantasy.
South Carolina Gets Sweet
The Bluffton Bookshop will open in Bluffton next year, and will feature a dessert parlor alongside its books.
Romance Bookshop to Land in Michigan
Dust & Blush Bookshop will open its doors in downtown Boyne City next spring.
- 2025 Nov 21
Barnes & Noble Returns to Brooklyn
The chain has reopened its Park Slope location following a four-month renovation.
- 2025 Nov 20
Minnesota’s Second Romance-Only Bookshop
Hey Darling has landed in Austin.
Brooklyn’s Haven for Romantasy
Love and Legends, which started as a pop-up shop earlier this year, will open in Prospect Heights this weekend.
Wisconsin Paper Mill Turns Bookish
The Flora Shelves, a bookshop and flower boutique, will take over an old paper mill in Appleton this winter.
Ohio’s Newest Romance Bookstore
Forced Proximity opened in Findlay earlier this month.
- 2025 Nov 19
Michigan Bookshop’s Thanksgiving Feast
The Folded Leaf in Cedar will be offering fully prepared Thanksgiving meals to the local community next week.
North Carolina Bookstore on the Move
The Lazy Daisy Bookshop in Jacksonville will soon move to a larger location, featuring a new cafe area.
- 2025 Nov 18
Mobile Bookshop Travels the Country
St. Rita’s Traveling Bookstore, helmed by a 70-year-old, has been rolling through the U.S. since 2015.
Design-Focused Bookshop Lands in Dallas
Bird’s Bookstore offers art books, artisanal gifts, and coffee.
- 2025 Nov 17
Chicago Indie to Close
Citing competition from a Barnes & Noble outlet that opened two blocks away last fall, Volumes BookCafe in Chicago announced that it will shutter in January.
Massachusetts Bookstore Emerges
Turtle Books opened in Brookline Village this past weekend.
New Bookshop Comes to Tennessee
Inklings Bookstore has opened its doors in Cleveland.
Spotlight on Kansas Indie
Rainy Day Books in Fairway is celebrating 50 years in business.



