- 2026 Apr 03
Colorado Bookshop Passes the Torch
The longtime owners of Poor Richard’s in Colorado Springs have sold the business.
New Indie Lands in Nevada
Bub’s Bookstore has opened in Carson City.
Ohio to Receive New Bookstore
The Checkered Shelf will host its grand opening in Cleveland Heights next week.
Children’s Bookshop Settles in Virginia
The Littlest Bookshop has opened a brick-and-mortar in Leesburg.
Montana Bookshop Preps for Move
After raising $15,000, KD’s Books in Lee’s Summit plans to relocate to a more affordable space.
Atlanta Bookstore Returns
Bookish, which shuttered last month due to a flood, reopened this week.
- 2026 Apr 02
Pittsburgh Feels the Love
The queer woman–owned Shelf Love Society is slated to open in the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood later this month.
- 2026 Apr 01
Black-Owned Bookshop to Land in Ohio
Rooted Books will open soon in Columbus.
Another Bookstore Comes to Ohio
Micro-bakery, cafe, and bar Birdie Books recently opened in Westerville.
Getting Whimsical in Chicago
Sheep Cult Comics recently opened its doors in Wicker Park, offering zines and graphic novels in a sheep-shaped space.
Hope for a New Bookstore in New York
A local organizer has raised more than $23,000 with the goal of opening the first Black trans–owned bookstore in the Hudson Valley.
- 2026 Mar 31
Maryland’s Newest Indie
The Paper Heart Bookstore recently hosted its soft opening in Gaithersburg.
Colorado Bookshop to Shutter
The queer woman–owned Petals & Pages in Denver will close next month.
Florida Bookstore’s New Chapter
Bitter End Books has opened a brick-and-mortar in Ozona after previously operating out of a local flea market.
- 2026 Mar 30
Texas Bookshop to Expand
The Headless Librarian, which operates out of an antique mall in Tyler, plans to open its own storefront this year.
Plans Delayed for Texas Bookstore
After a fire destroyed all of its inventory and furniture, mobile bookshop Lioness Books is delaying the grand opening of its brick-and-mortar store in Leander.
California’s Newest Bookstore
Salty Pages opened its doors in Cambria earlier this month.
Imbibing at West Virginia’s New Bookshop
Booktenders in Barboursville offers books, tea, coffee, and alcoholic beverages.
- 2026 Mar 27
Oklahoma’s Bookish Love Story
A married couple opened Meadow Market Books in Tulsa earlier this year.
New Indie to Land in Colorado
Little Blue Pigeon will open its doors in Denver next week.
Pennsylvania Gets a New Bookshop
Semicolon Books will land in Bethlehem in a few weeks.
- 2026 Mar 26
L.A. Bookshop Faces Displacement
Read Books in Eagle Rock may need to close its doors due to a steep rent hike.
Oregon Bookstore Seeks Support
Tsunami Books in Eugene hopes to raise funds for purchasing the building in which they operate.
Woman-Owned Bookshop Lands in Iowa
Sisters Books and Nooks opened in Cedar Rapids last fall.
- 2026 Mar 25
New Indie Lands in Oregon
Kid Hermes the Trickster recently opened in Portland.
Spotlight on Free Texas Bookshop
Book Cycle in Houston encourages visitors to take a book, leave a book, or both.
Bookstore Crackdown in Hong Kong
Police arrested the owner and three staff members of Book Punch for selling a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai.
- 2026 Mar 24
Ohio Feels the Beat
Cleveland’s newest bookstore, Visible Voice, offers both literature and live music.
Iowa Bookshop Marks Milestone
Beaverdale Books in Des Moines will expand its footprint in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
California Bookstore is Burglarized
Two suspects stole cash and a computer monitor from A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove.
- 2026 Mar 23
Kwame Spearman Faces the Storm
The former Tattered Cover CEO has left the newly opened Denver Book Society amid backlash over his 2023 comments on immigration enforcement.
San Francisco Indie Abruptly Shutters
Comics publisher and bookstore Silver Sprocket will close its storefront today due to financial concerns.
Kentucky Bookshop Changes Hands
Blue Marble Bookstore in Fort Thomas, just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, has new owners after more than 20 years.
Tucson Feels the Love
Why Choose, the first all-romance bookshop in Arizona’s second-largest city, opened late last year.
- 2026 Mar 20
Nonprofit Bookshop Lands in Texas
Second Story Books recently opened in Aledo.
Rhode Island Bookstore Gets Boozy
The Yellow House in Tiverton has expanded its footprint to include a bar and cafe space.
- 2026 Mar 19
Massachusetts Bookstore’s Milestone
The lesbian-owned, feminist Womencrafts in Provincetown is celebrating 50 years in business.
New Indie to Land in Pennsylvania
Leafy Pages will open in Wellsboro next month.
Oklahoma Bookshop to Expand
Marigolds Bookstore in Bartlesville will soon relocate to a larger space.
- 2026 Mar 18
N.Y. Bookstore to Shutter
The Keaton & Lloyd Bookshop in Rome plans to permanently close after being heavily damaged by a tornado in July 2024.
- 2026 Mar 17
Indie Bookshop Lands in Illinois
Plot Twist Books opened in Lockport last month.
Holiday Gift Shop Transforms in Ohio
The Portsmouth nonprofit behind the town’s Winterfest Santa pop-up has reimagined the space as Red Door Bookstore & Gifts.
Ohio Bookstore to Launch Lit Fest
Cozy Book Nook recently announced that it will host the inaugural Dayton Book Fest on September 19 at the Antioch Shrine.
- 2026 Mar 16
California Bookstore Goes to Market
Paradise Found in Santa Barbara has been listed for sale after nearly 40 years in business.
New Bookstore–Tea Room Lands in Texas
Honey Flutters Teas & Books held its grand opening in San Antonio last week.
California Bookshop’s New Chapter
Get Lit Books & Things in Moreno Valley hosted its grand reopening in a new location this past weekend.
- 2026 Mar 13
Oregon Bookshop Turns the Page
Under new ownership, Black Sun Books in Eugene has been renamed Outliers Books and will now specialize in works by marginalized writers.
Bookstore Blooms in Washington State
Romantic Roots will host its grand opening in Olympia this weekend, offering romantasy books, fresh flowers, and plants.
- 2026 Mar 12
Florida Bookshop to Shutter
Writer’s Block Bookstore in Winter Garden will close its doors at the end of April.
New Chapter for Minnesota Bookshop
Lake Country Booksellers in White Bear Lake has welcomed a new co-owner as one of its original co-founders prepares to retire.
Massachusetts Bookstore Seeks New Owner
The current owners of Amherst Books are looking to sell the business.
Mobile Bookstore Rolls Through Idaho
Curbside Books has been making stops in and around Boise.
Connecticut Pop-Up Finds a Home
The Wicked Press will open a brick-and-mortar location in South Windsor by the end of this month.
- 2026 Mar 11
Powell’s Books Takes Off
The Portland indie will open a new location in the city’s airport this week.
Pittsburgh Bookshop Melts the ICE
Blythe Books in Brentwood has been handing out free anti-ICE whistles.
- 2026 Mar 10
Books and Mocktails Land in Florida
Pages and Perks will offer books, mocktails, beer, and desserts when it opens in St. Petersburg this summer.
Texas Bookshop Finds Support
Locals have raised $43,000 to save Lark & Owl Booksellers in downtown Georgetown from closure.
Chicago to Welcome New Indie
Opening this month in North Center, Partners in Crime will specialize in romance and mystery novels.
Wisconsin Bookshop Reopens
Chapter and Charm in Waterloo officially relocated last week after a winter cold front caused insulation issues in its previous building.
- 2026 Mar 09
Mobile Bookstore Rolls Through Louisiana
Chapter Twenty has been making stops in and around Denham Springs.
Books and Brews in N.Y. State
Published, a bookstore-bar combo, has opened in Huntington.
- 2026 Mar 06
Black Woman–Owned Bookshop Lands in N.J.
Àbákẹ́ Books & Café has opened in Jersey City.
California Bookstore Seeks Support
Judging by the Cover in Fresno is accepting GoFundMe donations as it plans to relocate.
Cafe-Bookshop Comes to Oregon
Read the Room has opened its doors in Sutherlin.
- 2026 Mar 05
New Indie to Land in Wisconsin
The Book and Cranny will open in Grafton later this month.
Yet Another Indie Heads to Wisconsin
Verbosity Bookhouse will host its soft opening in Port next week.
Spotlight on Salt Lake City Bookshop
1974 Bookstore in the city’s Pioneer Park neighborhood specializes in underrepresented authors, indie presses, and old pocketbooks.
- 2026 Mar 04
Oregon Indie Changes Hands
The founders of Grass Roots Books and Music in Corvallis have sold the business to three of its employees.
NAB2 Launches Bookstore Directory
The National Association of Black Bookstores has released a catalog of and report on Black-owned bookshops around the country.
Pittsburgh Bookshop Makes Friends
White Whale Bookstore has been named as Pennsylvania’s friendliest small business, per a new study conducted by the Advance Funds Network.
- 2026 Mar 03
Binc Awards DPI Scholarship
Amanda Qassar, a bookseller at Warwick’s in La Jolla, Calif., has received the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s scholarship to attend the Denver Publishing Institute.
- 2026 Mar 02
Virginia College Town Gets Bookish
Four UVA undergraduates have relaunched Heartwood Books in Charlottesville as Ginkgo Books.
- 2026 Feb 25
S.C. Bookstore Puts Moving on Pause
Queer Haven Books in Columbia will not relocate as planned due to concerns over a possible ICE office in the area.
Colorado Judge Blocks Police Access
The judge prevented a Durango detective from obtaining the purchase history of several customers from Maria’s Bookshop.
Los Angeles Bookshop at Risk
READ Books may be forced to relocate due to its rent increasing by nearly 250%.
- 2026 Feb 24
Missouri’s Newest Bookstore-Bar
Bookmark This Bar has opened in Rolla.
Self-Service Bookshop Lands in Colorado
Books on the Block has opened its doors in Fort Morgan.
Brooklyn Bookstore to Shutter
Archestratus in Greenpoint will close this spring after 10 years in business.
- 2026 Feb 23
Denver’s Newest Indie Bookshop
Tattered Cover’s former CEO has opened the Denver Book Society.
America’s First Palestinian Bookshop
Watermelon Books opened in Los Angeles last month.
New Bookstore Lands in Pennsylvania
Forage Books opened its doors in Kennett Square earlier this month.
- 2026 Feb 20
Romance Bookstore Lands in N.C.
Ever After Booksellers opened its doors in Greenville last weekend.
Florida Indie Expands
Dragon’s Den Books in Arcadia has quadrupled its footprint.
- 2026 Feb 19
Maine Bookstore Changes Hands
Following the death of its previous owner, Pro Libris in Bangor now has new stewardship.
New Bookshop to Land in Wisconsin
Tattooed Tree Books will open in Fort Atkinson this spring.
Spotlight on Black-Owned Bookstore
Kindred Thoughts Bookstore elevates BIPOC voices in Bridgeport, Conn.
- 2026 Feb 18
Kansas Feels the Love
Romantasy bookshop Ivy and Ink officially marked its soft opening in Topeka last week.
Illinois Bookstore to Shutter
Harfield Book Co. in Monticello will close this May after seven years in business.
Michigan Bookshop Relocates
The Folded Leaf has moved from Cedar to Traverse City.
- 2026 Feb 17
Binc Awards ComicsPRO Scholarships
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has awarded seven comic retailers $1,500 scholarships to the ComicsPRO industry meeting in Glendale, Calif., from February 18-21.
Spotlight on Las Vegas Bookshop
R.D. Talley Books, the Strip’s first Black-owned bookstore, opened last fall.
Skin Care and Books Unite in Maine
Skin Serenity by Stephanie has merged with Bogan Books, offering facials and literature in Fort Kent.
Children’s Bookstore Lands in California
Stop & Grow has opened in Coronado.
- 2026 Feb 13
Indiana Bookshop to Relocate
Your Brother’s Bookstore is moving from Evansville’s Main Street due to rising rents.
Boulder’s First Romance-Only Bookshop
Sugar and Spice Books opened its doors last weekend in the city’s Mapleton Hill neighborhood.
Chicago’s Newest Bookstore
Partners in Crime will offer mystery and romance books when it opens in North Center later this month.
Wisconsin’s Happily Ever After
The Well Red Damsel opened in Wauwatosa last summer and has since found success as the state’s first romance-only bookstore.
- 2026 Feb 12
A New Children’s Bookshop in Ohio
The Wandering Lantern opened its doors late last year in Lakewood.
Books and Cocktails Unite in Louisiana
Hemingway House of Stories and Spirits has opened in Pineville.
Virginia Bookshop Gets Historical
Bards Alley Bookshop is set to move into a historic property in downtown Vienna.



