The Tattered Cover’s new downtown Denver store in the McGregor Square development will have its grand opening on Saturday. Later this summer, owners will open a dedicated children’s store in Aurora, CO.
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Once again, Barnes & Noble is replacing a lost location with a much smaller nearby store. In Ulster, NY, where the chain closed a 24,636-square-foot space in April, they have been given a permit for a new 7,656-square-foot space in the same area.
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Barnes & Noble will close their store in Dallas‘s Preston Royal Village on Sunday after 15 years, saying that “we were unfortunately unable to reach a commercial agreement with our landlord to keep this store open.” The company is looking for a new location nearby.
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Elizabeth Trout has been promoted to assistant editor at Kensington. Corporate LSC Communications has renamed its books division — which includes Dover Publications — Lakeside Book Company. CEO Dave McCree said, “The Lakeside name is a nod to our roots and symbolic of the trust our company has earned to help stories of all kinds…
ABA Sees Significant Drop In Member Stores, Presses “The Mantle of 10 More Points”
The American Booksellers Association held their annual meeting and town hall virtually on Thursday. Incoming president Bradley Graham at Politics & Prose presented membership data that revealed the significant toll the pandemic (and potentially other factors) has had on the sector. “At the latest count, the ABA has 1,700 member companies and 2,100 locations,” Graham…
Independent Booksellers On Selling Pence and More
A Book Show panel with four independent booksellers on Monday addressed a variety of current issues, from the transition back to regular in-store commerce to the challenges raised by authors such as Mike Pence and Blake Bailey. Asked by moderator Ed Nawotka at PW about dealing with controversial books and authors, the booksellers illuminated multiple…