A store in northern Maine wins a cash prize; college students petition for a Barnes & Noble; Houston gets a new Latino bookstore; and more.
Volumes Book Store Wins Town Entrepreneur Prize: The Houlton, Me. bookstore won the inaugural Houlton Entrepreneur Prize, which gives the store "a package of more than $10,000 which includes a $7,500 forgivable loan and incentives from program partners totaling more than $2,500."
Students at Ohio University Petition for a Barnes & Noble: Students at Ohio University are gathering signatures on a petition that is lobbying for a Barnes & Noble bookstore to open in Athens, Oh. The closest B&N is in an hour away, though Athens is home to three other bookstores.
Chicago Bookstore Offers Political Panels: The Women & Children First bookshop has launched a month-long series of discussions and events focused on the intersection of culture and politics.
Latino Bookstore Set to Open in Houston: Nuestra Palabra Art & Books, run by Mexican-American author and activist Tony Diaz, is set to open in a small space that is part of Talento Bilingüe de Houston, a bicultural arts center near to downtown Houston.
Anchorage's Title Wave Used Bookstore Seeks New Home: Rent hikes are forcing out the popular used bookstore that's been opened since 1991.
Ohio's Blue Manatee Children's Bookstore is Moving: The much loved Cincinnati bookstore in Oakley, Oh. will close in April for what is being called the "Great Migration," which will see the store, which has been opened since 1989 move into a smaller location nearby.
Historian Traces the Rise of Black-Owned Bookstores: In a forthcoming book, historian Joshua Clark Davis writes about the rise of black-owned bookstores and their impact on the social movements of the 1960's and '70's.
