- 2025 Jun 25
Vermont Bookstore Is On the Move
The Burlington location of Phoenix Books is moving to a new location on Church Street, the city's main shopping thoroughfare.
- 2025 Apr 04
Romance Bookstore Reopens After Fire
Following a devastating fire just hours after its grand opening last November, Friends to Lovers in Alexandria, Va., is reopening.
Bookstore–Coffee Shop Opens in Minnesota
Inkwell Booksellers Company in Minneapolis opened last month.
Arizona’s Newest Romance Bookshop
Opening this weekend in downtown Gilbert, the Bookish Shop will provide another venue for romance-specific literature.
South Carolina Bookstore to Close
Fiction Addiction in Greenville will shutter after May 17.
- 2025 Apr 03
Pasadena Bookshop Reopens After Fires
Following the Eaton fire in Los Angeles, the Friends of the Pasadena Public Library bookstore has reopened with new discounts and a sale.
New Black-Owned Bookstore in Mass.
Susie’s Stories in Rockport celebrates literary diversity, with a particular focus on Black and brown authors.
Oregon Bookshop Changes Ownership
Established in 1979, Bloomsbury Books in Ashland now has new owners and will celebrate the occasion with a grand reopening on April 5.
Harvard Square’s Bookish Ball
This year’s ball will be held on April 12 and will celebrate bookstores in Cambridge’s Harvard Square neighborhood.
Amazon Criticizes French Book Fee
France imposed a three euro book delivery fee in October 2023, which Amazon has now attacked as discriminatory in Europe’s top court.
- 2025 Apr 02
Women-Owned Bookshop Marks Anniversary
Lake Country Booksellers in White Bear Lake, Minn., turns 45 this year.
Boston’s Only Black-Owned Bookshop
Frugal Bookstore, a family- and Black-owned bookshop in the heart of Roxbury, has been named a “Legacy Business” by the city of Boston.
Spotlight on Pennsylvania Bookstore
The Squirrel & Acorn Bookshop in State College provides a space for physical connection, discovery, and shared experiences in an age dominated by digital shopping.
- 2025 Apr 01
Multilingual Bookstore Comes to Iowa
Nos Books, a new multilingual bookstore in Des Moines, seeks to highlight international authors, writers of color, and underrepresented communities.
Woman-Owned Bookshop Opens in Texas
Bibliobar, a new independent and woman-owned bookshop in Plano, opened in March, and specializes in fiction and children’s books.
- 2025 Mar 31
Kwame Spearman Returns to Bookselling
The ex-Tattered Cover CEO has bought a new building in Denver, and plans to open a bookstore at the location by spring 2026.
- 2025 Mar 28
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Winner
Mikey Please has been named overall winner of this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for his picture book The Café at the Edge of the Woods, presented by the U.K.-based bookstore.
- 2025 Mar 27
Detroit Bookshop’s New Gen Z Owner
Jelani Stowers has taken the helm at Pages Bookshop, which will celebrate its grand reopening next month.
- 2025 Mar 26
Spotlight on Black, Queer-Owned Bookshop
Get Lit Books & Things in Moreno Valley, Calif., has become a haven for queer people, women, people of color, and bibliophiles alike.
New Political Bookshop in Massachusetts
Implacable Books, which specializes in political theory and Black literature, will open in Worcester this April.
- 2025 Mar 25
San Diego’s Newest Bookshop
Hey Books! is opening in April and will sell used and new books, host readings, and display and sell art on its walls.
- 2025 Mar 24
46-Year-Old Children’s Bookshop For Sale
Blue Marble Books in Fort Thomas, Ky., which has been open since 1979, is currently for sale.
Mutiny Brews at French Bookshops
French booksellers are trying to counter the growing influence of Vincent Bolloré, a conservative Catholic billionaire and owner of Hachette Livre, by limiting purchases from the publisher.
- 2025 Mar 21
Atlanta’s Newest Indie Bookshop
Offbeat Books will offer a curated selection of books across every genre with a special focus on sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, and will open in late summer or early fall.
Rare and Used Bookshop Comes to Arizona
Desierto Books, set to open in Tuscon this month, will sell rare, new, and used books with a unique focus on the Southwest.
- 2025 Mar 20
NAIBA Launches New Spirit Award
NAIBA has created the Joe Drabyak Spirit Award to recognize booksellers who excel at marketing and promotions. The winner gets $500 to attend New Voices, New Rooms.
Children’s Bookstore Seeks New Owner
Blue Marble Books in Fort Thomas, Ky., is one of the oldest children’s bookstores in the U.S., and is currently seeking a new owner to take over the business.
Minnesota Bookstore Celebrates 30 Years
Books Revisited in downtown St. Cloud is celebrating its 30th year with its current owner, Jon Lee, this June.
Two New Bookstores Coming to Maine
Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop will open its 10th location in Saco in May, while Biddeford Book Co. will open this summer in Biddeford.
Bookstore-Record Shop Combo to Open
Displaced Pages, offering both books and records, will open in Owensboro, Ky., this spring.
Hawaii Bookstore to Relocate
Talk Story Bookstore will relocate from its longtime location in Hanapepe to Kaumakani this spring.
Tornado-Damaged Bookshop Reopens
Two months after a tornado swept through Athens, Ala., and ripped apart the CEI Bookstore, the community staple is back in business.
- 2025 Mar 19
London Store Named World's Most Popular
Daunt Books Marylebone has been named the most popular bookstore in the world, according to analysis of TripAdvisor and Google reviews of more than 100 popular bookstores and libraries around the world.
- 2025 Mar 18
Spotlight on Minneapolis Bookstore
Planting People Growing Justice Books, a Black woman-owned social enterprise, specializes in literature that celebrates African American heritage and culture.
Boston’s Newest Bookshop-Bar Combo
The Book Pub, an LGBTQ- and women-owned independent bookshop, will open in Jamaica Plain this fall, and will feature a small café and craft beer bar.
Denver Bookstore Reopens
Dream Books Co., a thrift bookstore where every book is under $5, has reopened following a closure for renovations.
- 2025 Mar 17
Louisiana’s Newest Bookshop
TBR Bookshop will open in Baton Rouge this April, and will also sell tea, coffee, and baked goods.
UW-Oshkosh Outsources Bookstore
UWO’s bookshop will leave the university’s control next month in an effort to combat the $1.5 million deficit that the store carried.
Shuttered Cincinnati Bookstore to Return
Tome Books & Novelteas, previously known only as the Tome Bookstore, will reopen this spring after it closed last July.
Alaskan Bookshop Offers Inspiration
Independent bookshop Page and Palette has served Fairhope’s writing community for 60 years.
- 2025 Mar 14
Kids’ Bookshop Opens in Massachusetts
Moon & Back Bookstore has opened in West Medford.
Book Fairs Coming Soon to Florida
Book + Bottle’s Jazzy Book Fair and a community-driven book event by Tombolo Books and Good Intentions are coming to St. Petersburg this month.
Vermont’s Newest Bookshop-Café Combo
Wild Meadows Books and Café will open in Williston by late summer.
- 2025 Mar 13
ABA Condemns Second Raid in Jerusalem
The ABA issued a statement on Wednesday evening condemning the second raid by Israeli police on the East Jerusalem bookstore.
Children’s Bookstore Coming to Manhattan
Words on Warren will open this fall in Tribeca, sharing a building with Philip Williams Posters.
Virgnia Romance Bookstore Moves Location
Friends to Lovers Bookstore will open its new location in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria on April 2.
Boston’s Newest Bookstore
The Black-owned justBook-Ish in Dorchester is not only a bookstore but a bar, reading nook, and communal gathering space.
Bookshop Heads to Washington State
Page & Pine will be Puyallup’s first independent bookstore, opening this summer.
- 2025 Mar 12
Israeli Police Raid Palestinian Bookshop
Israeli police have raided the leading Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem for the second time in a month, detaining one of its owners for several hours and seizing some of its stock.
Larry McMurtry Literary Center Opens
The center sells novels from McMurtry’s book-scouting collection at the former site of his bookstore, Booked Up, in Dallas.
- 2025 Mar 11
Spotlight on Philly Bookstore-Publisher
The Head and the Hand is a nonprofit small bookstore and indie publisher that just celebrated its third year in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.
Utah Bookstore to Close
HideAway Books in American Fork is liquidating its inventory ahead of its impending closure later this year.
- 2025 Mar 10
Colorado Bookstore Seeking Buyer
The Bookies in Denver is up for sale again in an effort to stay in business.
Black Woman–Owned Bookstore to Close
Socialight Society, in Waverly, Mich., will close its location in the Lansing Mall this month.
Michigan’s Newest Bookshop
The Folded Leaf bookshop is set to open in Cedar this spring.
- 2025 Mar 07
Houston’s First Romance Bookstore
Mossrose Bookshop, the city’s first bookstore dedicated specifically to romance, opens this Saturday.
Texas Bookstore’s Newest Owner
Kendra DuBois is the new owner of Front Street Books in Alpine and has been browsing its bookshelves since her youth.
- 2025 Mar 06
Baltimore Rallies Around Black Bookstore
Following racist harassment online, the local Baltimore community rallied to support the Black-owned Urban Reads Bookstore.
Cleveland’s First Romantasy Bookstore
Flame & Fable opened last month and is the first bookstore of its kind in Ohio's second biggest city.
Rebrand of Maine Children’s Bookstore
Children’s Book Cellar in Waterville has been rebranded as Smitty’s Book Cellar following a change in ownership and has now expanded to sell all kinds of books.
- 2025 Mar 04
Bookstore Opens in Illinois
Emerald & Amethyst Books opened in Lexington this past January and doubles as a coffee shop.
Free Kids’ Books at Virginia Bookstore
The Big Free Bookstore in Norfolk offers free children’s books, and gave away more than 151,000 free books last year.
- 2025 Mar 03
Author to Open Bookstore in Michigan
Tamela Todd, the author of three nonfiction books, will open Sip-N-Read in Detroit this spring.
Romance Bookstore Draws Crowds
Lovestruck Books, a new romance bookstore in Boston’s Harvard Square, has lines to get in during most weekends.
Manhattan Bookstore to Close
Shakespeare & Co. will close its Upper West Side location just one year after opening due to sales levels.
Chicago Bookstore Saved from Closing
Semicolon in West Town, which announced in January that it would close, will remain open due to successful fundraising and community efforts.
Wisconsin’s Bookstore Boom
Madison has seen a boom in new bookstores and the expansion, renovation, or ownership change of existing stores, despite other closures.
- 2025 Feb 28
Bookstore-Studio Combo to Open in Texas
Poets Books, an independent bookshop with an accompanying writers’ studio, will open in Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood.
Colorado Bookseller Receives Scholarship
Jessilen Henderson, a bookseller and floor manager at Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, received this year’s Denver Publishing Institute Scholarship, presented by Binc.
- 2025 Feb 27
Horror Bookstore to Close in California
Dark Delicacies, a Burbank bookstore that caters to horror and sci-fi aficionados, will close in April after a 30-year run.
- 2025 Feb 26
B&N Coming to Tennessee
Barnes & Noble will open a new location in Germantown, which hasn't had a large bookstore since 2011.
New Mexico's Newest Local Bookshop
Quill & Quest, a new independent bookstore, has opened in Farmington and offers a variety of books alongside a bakery and coffee shop.
Minnesota Bookstore Finally Opens
Inkwell Booksellers Company, more than two years in the making, has opened in Northeast Minneapolis.
- 2025 Feb 25
B&N Coming to South Dakota
Barnes & Noble will open a new location in Rapid City this summer.
Auto Shop to Transform into Bookshop
East Coast Autowerks in Worcester, Mass., will become home to Implacable Books, a new bookstore focusing on Black literature.
New Bookshop to Land in Tennessee
Johnson’s Literary Depot, a new and used bookstore, is set to open in downtown Johnson City.
- 2025 Feb 24
Black-Owned Bookstore Sells Banned Books
Black Pearl Books in Austin sells the books that were banned by Texas school districts last school year.
Bookstore-Coffee Shop Combo Opens
Bernie’s Coffee in San Francisco has partnered with Noe Valley Books to avoid closure.
Pennsylvania Shop Uplifts Black Culture
The Black Reserve Bookstore in Lansdale highlights Black literature, culture, and entrepreneurs through community events.
- 2025 Feb 21
Fundraiser for Minnesota Bookshop
The Paperback Exchange in Minneapolis is now fundraising after losing more than 100,000 books in a flood.
Bookstore-Bar Combo Comes to Brooklyn
Manhattan’s Book Club Bar plans to open a new location in Bushwick.
University Police Donate to Bookstore
Tree House Books in Philadelphia received over 2,000 children's books from Temple University police after losing thousands of books in a flood late last year.
- 2025 Feb 20
Romance Bookstore Comes to Indiana
Slow Burn Books, an independent romance bookstore, will open its doors in Garrett on March 8.
Arizona’s Newest Independent Bookstore
Literally: A Bookshop has opened in Gilbert as readers seek brick-and-mortar shops.
Bar-Bookstore Combo Opens in Kentucky
Nook & Nowhere is Louisville’s first bookstore, cafe, and bar combo.
Bookshop to Close in New York
Womrath Bookshop in Bronxville will close at the end of the month due to rising costs.
- 2025 Feb 19
Black Bookstores Struggle After 2020
Black-owned bookstores in Chicago saw a surge after 2020’s social justice movement, but that support has since waned.
Children’s Bookstore Comes to Maryland
Our Kids Read in Dundalk focuses on selling diverse books.
Romantasy Bookstore Opens in Ohio
Flame & Fable, northeast Ohio’s first bookstore focused solely on romance and fantasy, has opened in Lakewood.
New Children’s Bookstore in Florida
The Story Garden will open in St. Petersburg’s historic uptown neighborhood next month.
Bookstore Fundraises in Illinois
Semicolon Bookstore in Chicago is fundraising for a cafe in a final effort to stay open amid rising costs.
Police in Kashmir Raid Bookstores
Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir raided bookstores and seized hundreds of books linked to a major Islamic organization.
- 2025 Feb 18
B&N Subsidiary to Cut Over 100 Jobs
Paper Source, owned by Barnes & Noble, will cut more than 100 jobs at its warehouse in Forest Park, Ill., this spring.
Minnesota Bookstore Suffers Water Damage
Paperback Exchange in Minneapolis lost the majority of its inventory due to damage caused by a burst water main.
Wisconsin’s New Mother-Daughter Store
Ink and Ivy in Madison opened earlier this month.
New Bookstore Comes to Virginia
I Love You So Much Books has opened in Richmond.
Phoenix’s Black-Owned Mobile Bookstore
The Lit Twis’t sells titles by Black and Brown women, and is Arizona's first Black-owned mobile bookstore.
- 2025 Feb 14
Nancy Olson Bookseller Award Winners
North Carolina bookstore managers Katie Brown and Angie Tally are the recipients of this year's Nancy Olson Bookseller Award, presented by SIBA.
Book Fair Comes to Michigan
This Is a Bookstore launched a "grown-up book fair" in Kalamazoo on February 13.
Boozy Bookstore Opens in Texas
The Plot Twist Romance Bookstore & Bar opened this past month in Denton.