This week was marked by several happy endings. After Barnes & Noble announced that it would close its bookstore in the Bronx, the Borough’s last bricks-and-mortar store, it reversed its decision and will stay for at least another two years.
Across the pond, Waterstones followed up on all the excitement after an American tourist got trapped in its Trafalgar Square store. It teamed up with Airbnb to let ten lucky book lovers spend the night at Waterstones Piccadilly.
Events
Texas Book Festival Oct. 25-26: The Austin-based book festival weekend is filled with authors, music, activities for kids, and a literary pub crawl.
Halloween Comicfest at Atomic Books: On Saturday the Baltimore, Md., bookstore promises a free Comics Book Day, but spookier, along with donuts and mimosas.
Boston Book Festival: More than 150 speakers will present sessions along with five keynoters at the sixth annual festival, which closes with an outdoor celebration on Saturday.
Openings & Closings
Bronx’s Last Bookstore Gets a Reprieve: After an outcry from customers and the intervention of the Bronx borough president, the Barnes & Noble in the Bronx, the borough’s only full-service bookstore, reversed its decision to close and will remain open for another two years.
M. Judson Booksellers to Open in GreenvilleThis week author Ashley Warlick and business partners Samantha Wallace, publisher of Edible Upcountry magazine, and Tricia Lightweis, owner of Booksmith in Seneca, signed a lease for the Greenville County Family Court building in downtown Greenville, S.C., where they plan to open a bookstore café early next year.
Micawber’s Looks for Support: Following the closing of the Twin Cities’s oldest bookstore, the Bookcase in Wayzata, earlier this month, Micawber’s Books in St. Paul is asking for marketing help from neighbors and customers.
Stadium Bookstore to Close: Nebraska Book Co. plans to close Stadium Bookstore in Charleston, W.V., which had been an alternative to the Marshall University Bookstore, at the end of the month.
McClure’s Bookstore to Close, Boomerang to Open: Kathi and Ken McClure may have closed their used-book business in Clemson, S.C., after 11 years, but former employee Sam Ramsay plans to open a bookstore of his own.
Other News
Waterstones Piccadilly Offers Sleepovers via Airbnb: After an American tourist got locked into London’s Waterstones in Trafalgar Square, the bookshop decided to offer ten people a chance to spend the night at another of its stores.
Indiegogo Campaign for Papercuts, JP: In the run up to opening a bookstore in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston, Kate Layte has launched a campaign to raise $30,000.
Curious Iguana Donates 5% Each Month: Since opening in September 2013, the Frederick, Md., bookstore, which was set up as a benefit corporation, has donated more than $10,000 to international charities.
Daniel Handler Partners with The Booksmith on Upstream: After launching a new Upstream program to encourage authors to provide signed books for a local indie, Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) has partnered with the Booksmith in San Francisco.
65 Years for the Lake Forest Book Store: The 1,800 sq. ft. store in Lake Forest, Ill., which changed hands last year, is celebrating its 65th.
Charis Books & More to Celebrate 40th in November: The country’s oldest feminist bookstore, located in Atlanta, will host a series of events next month to mark its first four decades.
