Amazon's campus pick-up program comes to New York; a Spanish-language bookstore arrives in Phoenix; an Oklahoma indie preps for its opening; and more.
Spanish-language Bookstore Opening in Phoenix: Palabras Librería will hold its grand opening November 12 in conjunction with the Grand Avenue Festival. Owner Rosie Magaña opened the bookstore with just five books last year after being inspired by the interactive art instillation “Librería Donceles” by Pablo Helguera at ASU’s Combine Studio. The installation showcased a library with more than 10,000 Spanish-language books. Now that the store’s shelves are stocked Magaña wants to celebrate. She has also set up two pop-up libraries in downtown Phoenix.
Amazon Opens at Stony Brook: Earlier this month Stony Brook University became the first college campus in New York state to offer an Amazon pickup location. The location inside the Frank Melville Jr. Library is the 15th college to open a pickup location since Amazon began the program last year.
Commonplace Books to Pop Up in Oklahoma City Next MonthThe group behind a new indie bookstore coming to the Midtown neighborhood in early 2017 will test their concept as a pop-up starting December 1. A recent Indiegogo campaign fell significantly short of a hoped for goal of $50,000 to create a community bookstore.
Mitchell Kaplan’s Next Film on Dickens and Christmas: The owner of Books & Books in Coral Gables, Fla., is serving as executive producer with Paula Mazur, Andrew Karpen, and Vadim Jean on a new film based on Lee Standiford’s book The Man Who Invented Christmas, about how Charles Dickens came to write A Christmas Carol. Bleeker Street has acquired U.S. rights to the picture, starring Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer, which will go into production next month for a planned 2017 release.
Mountain Fold Books to Close: The Colorado Springs, Colo., bookstore, which featured small press books, zines, and comics, closed on November 4. In an announcement on Facebook, the bookstore cited the discontinuation of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation’s fiscal sponsorship program. The store will open one last time on November 12 to sell off its remaining stock and furniture. Unsold books will be donated to the Pikes Peak Literary District.
Observatory Books Closes After 39 Years: After falling in January, 82-year-old Dee Logenbuagh was forced to close the store temporarily. Now she has decided to close it for good at the end of the month. The store will reopen for ten days starting November 16 for a going-out-of-business sale.
