- 2023 Sep 28
Instagram’s Favorite Bookseller
Idea, the fashion industry’s go-to dealer of rare art books, is sick of social media—so it’s opening a bricks-and-mortar bookstore.
Ohio Gets a New Bookstore
A new bookstore, Serenity Book Shop, has opened in Grandview Heights.
- 2023 Sep 26
Black-Owned Store Recognized in Philly
Hakim’s Bookstore, Philadelphia's oldest Black-owned bookstore, has received a state marker after 64 years in business.
- 2023 Sep 25
Bomb Threat at Utah Drag Story Hour
Officials found no evidence of explosives following a report of a bomb threat on Sunday at the King's English Bookstore in Salt Lake City.
- 2023 Sep 22
South Dakota Indie Raises Cash
Henry's Books in Rapid City is running a Kickstarter to raise $45,000 to open a bricks-and-mortar storefront.
Ohio Loses a Bookstore
Duttenhofer's in Cincinnati is closing after nearly 50 years in business.
Indiana Bookstores Battle Bans
Book banning efforts are spurring sales at Black and LGBTQ stores in Indiana.
- 2023 Sep 18
Turmoil at Indigo Concerns Canada
Indigo Books & Music is in a state of upheaval unlike anything the company has seen before, causing worry in the Canadian publishing industry.
- 2023 Sep 15
Rhode Island Store on the Move
Stillwater Books has moved to a new location in West Warwick.
California Bookstore Is Closing
Kelly's Books in Watsonville is closing after 12 years in business.
Kentucky Welcomes a New Store
Scarlet Rose Books & Vintage Boutique has opened in Ludlow.
- 2023 Sep 07
Books-A-Million Partners with Walmart
Teaming with Walmart GoLocal, Books-A-Million will offer same- and next-day delivery for customers nationwide.
- 2023 Sep 01
Applications for BINC Scholarships Open
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is accepting applications for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activist, which covers travel to Winter Institute and a regional trade show.
Michigan Welcomes a New Bookstore
Flyleaf Literature & Libations has opened in Grosse Pointe Farms.
Chicagoland Bookstore Closes
I Know You Like a Book in Peoria Heights has closed after the death of its owner in July. The store was open for 18 years.
Chicago Store Shifts to Nonprofit Status
Chicago bookstore Semicolon reopens with a nonprofit model.
- 2023 Aug 31
Vermont Bookstore Recovers from Flood
Bear Pond Books in Montpelier is reopening on Friday after being closed since July.
North Carolina Bookstore Moves
West Asheville's Firestorm Books has moved to a new location in an old auto repair shop.
Virginia to Welcome a New Bookstore
Fonts Books & Gifts is opening in McLean this fall.
Historic Society Opens Bookstore
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in historic Williamsburg, Va., is opening a bookstore to feature its own titles.
- 2023 Aug 29
Ill. Black-Owned Bookstore Seeks Support
Afriware Books in Maywood, Illinois, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to keep one of the state's oldest and most prominent Black-owned bookstores open.
- 2023 Aug 25
Cape Cod Bookstore Expands to Boston
East End Books in Provincetown, Mass., is opening a new store in the Seaport district of Boston this October.
- 2023 Aug 24
Indie Store Funds First Kids Books
Nicola Orichuia, the owner of I AM Books in Boston, has launched a Kickstarter to fund the publication of his new book.
- 2023 Aug 22
New Florida Store to Focus on Self Care
Authentic Books, a subscription service, is opening as a bricks-and-mortar store in Orlando.
Cali Store Fears It May Have to Close
Innovative inclusive and diverse bookstore A Seat at the Table Books in Sacramento is fighting to stay open.
Florida Welcomes a New B&N
Barnes & Noble is opening a new store in Brandon.
New Store Opens in Texas Capital City
First Light books has opened in Austin's Hyde Park neighborhood.
A Book Lover's Guide to Cape Cod
The Cape and Islands Bookstore Trial offers a route to visit 23 bricks-and-mortar indie stores and one popup shop.
- 2023 Aug 21
South Carolina Gets a New Bookstore
Our Next Chapter is opening in Conway next month.
Massachusetts Store to Close
Books & Sundry in Plymouth is closing after two years in business.
Inaugural Philly Bookstore Crawl
More than 20 indie bookstores around Philadelphia will participate in the first-ever Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl on August 26.
- 2023 Aug 17
London Bookshop Goes Viral on TikTok
Hatchards, the oldest bookshop in London, has seen an influx of young American visitors after a video about the 226-year-old store blew up on TikTok.
Baltimore Bookstore Opens Safe
When Red Emma's bookstore in Baltimore put out a call for help opening a 75-year-old safe, a Canadian bus driver answered.
Illinois Bookstore Has Been Sold
Our Town Books in Jacksonville has a new owner.
West Virginia Welcomes a New Store
Appalachian Books has opened in St. Albans. The store honor the owner's late husband's life dream.
Ohio's Store Hosts Grand Opening
Black Cat Books and Oddities in Medina celebrated its grand opening this past weekend.
- 2023 Aug 13
Texas Store Faces a Crisis and May Close
The Book Cellar in Temple is losing $5,000 due to disruptive construction in the city. The store has been open for 50 years, but may have to close.
Kentucky Is Getting a New Bookstore
Tome Books in Cincinnati will reopen as Scarlet Rose Books & Vintage Boutique in Ludlow, Kent., in September.
Iowa to Welcome a New Store in November
Three Bells Books is opening in Mason City in November.
- 2023 Aug 04
Blue Willow Bookshop Stands Up
Houston's Blue Willow Bookshop is one of the plaintiffs in the recent lawsuit by booksellers and industry organizations to block a book rating law in Texas.
New Children's Bookstore Comes to London
Melanin Magic, a bookstore in London dedicated to Black children's books, aims to create a refuge for young Black readers.
- 2023 Aug 03
West Virginia Is Getting a New Bookstore
Monkey Wrench Books is opening in Morgantown later this year.
Connecticut Store Finds a Home
The Curious Cat Bookshop in Winsted has transitioned from a pop-up to a permanent bricks-and-mortar store.
Brooklyn's New Romance Store Opens
The Ripped Bodice is having its grand opening this Saturday.
Portland Booksellers May Strike
Booksellers at Powell's Books have voted to authorize a possible strike amid contract negotiations with management.
Philly Bookstore Is a Survivor
Eighteen years after opening, Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Philadelphia continues to fight off Amazon and other rivals.
- 2023 Aug 01
B.C. Canada Welcomes New Bookstore
Cross and Crows is a new Queer bookstore in East Vancouver.
Texas Bookstore Funds a New Home
The Book Burrow in Pflugerville is on the move after raising $1,700 from the community.
- 2023 Jul 31
The Reinvention of Barnes & Noble
The 'Wall Street Journal' visited Barnes & Noble's Upper West Side location—and chatted with CEO James Daunt—to see how the bookstore chain is reinventing itself.
BookTok Influencer to Open NYC Store
Adrian Cepeda, aka BookPapi on TikTok, is set to open a brick-and-mortar bookstore called World's Borough Bookshop in Queens this August.
B&N to Replace Amazon Books in SoCal
Relocating from its previous location, a Barnes & Noble will take over the Amazon Books building in Marina Del Rey, Calif.
Louisiana Bookstore Reopens
Bent Pages and Co., in Houma, is reopening after being bought and undergoing a renovation.
Chicago's Only Community-Owned Bookstore
Pilsen Community Books, on the south side of Chicago, became a community-owned store in 2020.
Hungarian Bookstores Face Anti-LGBT Laws
Booksellers in Hungary are facing fines for not placing LGBTQ+ books, deemed unsuitable for minors under a recent "child protection" law, in enclosed plastic packaging.
- 2023 Jul 28
California's Outdoor Bookshop
Bart's Books, with its open-air bookshelves housing more than 100,000 books and surrounded by palm trees, is an Ojai institution.
- 2023 Jul 27
ABA Checks In with Publishers
The American Booksellers Association's annual publisher meetings centered on the need for more Spanish-language books and the worrisome possibility that slowing children's book sales are due to book banning efforts.
BIPOC-Owned Store Raises Cash in Florida
Authentic Books, a BIPOC and woman–owned book box subscription service, is raising $15,000 to open a bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Orlando.
- 2023 Jul 26
Scotland's Pioneering LGBTQ+ Bookshop
Lavender Menace opened two years after Scotland decriminalized "homosexual acts." Now it has opened a public queer books archive.
- 2023 Jul 25
Fundraiser for Flooded Vermont Stores
On July 29, 17 Vermont bookstores will donate proceeds from sales that day to two stores and a publishing house damaged in recent floods.
Tulsa Bookstore Is On the Move
Fulton Street Books & Coffee is relocating to the Greenwood District and expanding.
Utah Is Getting a New Bookstore
2nd & Charles is opening a new branch in Orem.
- 2023 Jul 24
Rhode Island Is Losing a Bookstore
Savoy Bookstore in Westerly is closing after seven years in business.
Long Island B&N to Close in January 2024
Barnes & Noble will close its East Northport store on Long Island, with plans to reopen in a new location.
Four Decades of a Texas Crime Wave
For the past 44 years, Houston's Murder By the Book has served up nefarious doings and literary dirty deeds.
Indiana Bookstore Is Closing This Month
12 Points Book Company in Terre Haute is closing.
- 2023 Jul 20
Baltimore B&N Reopens
Barnes & Noble will reopen a Baltimore branch after a redesign.
- 2023 Jul 14
Hungarian Bookstore Fined for LGBTQ Book
A government office in Hungary has levied a hefty fine against a national bookseller over selling a LGBTQ+ graphic novel series.
- 2023 Jul 12
L.A. Bookstore Comes to BK
The Ripped Bodice, a bookstore focused exclusively on romance novels, will debut a Park Slope outpost next month.
- 2023 Jul 11
A Home for All Book Lovers in California
Libélula bookstore in San Diego offers a place for the diverse LGBTQ community to gather.
Ohio Bookstore Passes Milestone
The Bookshelf in Cincinnati is celebrating more than 50 years in business.
- 2023 Jul 10
Washington State Store Gets a New Owner
The Kaufer Company, a Christian book and supply store in Spokane, has changed owners.
Rhode Island Bookstore Can Be Yours
Providence bookstore Riffraff is for sale. The asking price is $250,000.
Can You Open This Bookstore Safe?
Red Emma's Bookstore in Baltimore is challenging patrons to open a safe discovered during renovation. It will split the proceeds.
Minnesota Welcomes a New Bookstore
More Than Words, a new indie bookstore, opened in Moorhead this past weekend.
- 2023 Jul 06
Canadian Bookseller Hits the Road
Recently opened Toronto horror bookstore Little Ghosts Books plans numerous pop-up events across Ontario this year.
New Orleans Bookstore Lawsuit Ends
The Essence Fest dropped a lawsuit accusing of Baldwin & Co. bookstore of breaking the law by promoting its own events during the July 4th weekend festival.
- 2023 Jul 05
Connecticut Is Getting a New Bookstore
Hummingbird Books is opening in Milford later this summer.
Arizona Welcomes a New Bookstore
Stacks Bookshop and Coffee is opening in Tucson on the 8th of July.
Diverse Montreal Store Marks Milestone
Maktaba Bookshop, a store focused on serving the Middle Eastern and African community, celebrated its one-year anniversary.
- 2023 Jun 30
Owner Selling Upstate New York Store
Books End bookstore in Syracuse is for sale. It has been open for 36 years.
Long Island Gets a New Bookstore
Sayville's Tiny Raccoon Books opened in April with 3,000 books.
- 2023 Jun 26
'Inquirer' Launches Philly Bookstore Map
The 'Philadelphia Inquirer' has debuted a comprehensive map of all of the city's bookstores. 50,000 free copies are available in local libraries, bookstores, cafes, and elsewhere.
- 2023 Jun 23
Chicago’s Queer-Owned Bookstores
'Block Club Chicago' spotlights the histories, legacies, and continued activism of the queer-owned Unabridged Bookstore and Women & Children First.
- 2023 Jun 22
Upstate New York Gets a New Bookstore
Bookeater, a new bookstore and cafe, has opened in Rochester.
- 2023 Jun 21
Amazon's Best Books of the Year (So Far)
The editors of Amazon Books have announced their picks for the Best Books of the Year So Far, with Ann Napolitano's 'Hello Beautiful' topping the list.
North Carolina to Welcome New Store
The Bookhouse is opening in Winston-Salem later this year.
Texas Gets a New Bookstore
Sunday Bookstore is opening in Dripping Springs, outside Austin, this weekend.
Minnesota to Welcome a New Bookstore
Hearthside Books is opening in Watertown this July.
Iowa Bookstore Adds New Services
Storyhouse in Des Moines is expanding into selling used books and more this summer.
Fifty Years of Seattle Bookselling
To honor Elliott Bay's 50th anniversary, a local book critic considers favorite stores new and old.
- 2023 Jun 20
Denver Gets a New Bookstore
Petals & Pages, a new LGBTQ bookstore and flower shop, opened this past weekend.
Florida Store to Stay Put
Bookends: Literature & Libations, which started as a mobile bookstore, will open a storefront later this year in Ybor.
L.A. Store Is Four Years Into a Mission
Reparations Club, a queer Black woman–owned bookshop in south Los Angeles, opened to sell books the author could not previously find.
- 2023 Jun 16
North Carolina's Newest Store Opens
Liberation Station, a Black-owned and diversity-focused bookstore, has opened in Raleigh.
Chicago Store Closes Temporarily
Semicolon Bookstore, a Black-owned bookstore in Chicago, is closed as it transitions to a nonprofit and undergoes a renovation.
- 2023 Jun 15
Maryland Bookstore to Expand
The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore plans to open a second location this September.
Massachusetts Gets a New Bookstore
Silly Bunny Toys & Books, a new children's bookstore, has opened in Salem.
Maine Is Losing a Bookstore
Quill Books & Beverage in Westbrook is closing.
Borders Malaysia to Close
The Borders Bookstore in Malaysia, one of the last remaining outlets of the defunct chain that went bankrupt in 2011, is closing.
- 2023 Jun 12
Florida Store Provides Banned Books
The Book Rescuers in Pinellas Park is seeking to make books more affordable and accessible, including some titles that have been banned by schools in the area.