New bookstores are coming to Tennessee and Colorado; a Boston bookstore becomes a publisher; a documentary on indie bookstores hits YouTube; and more.
Memphis Bookstore to Open August 1: A new bookstore named Novel is opening in the former location of The Booksellers at Laurelwood and will hire many of the people who worked at the previous store.
New Bookstore Coming to Colorado: Bookbinders Basalt, a new independent store, will open in Basalt, Colo., this June.
Boston Indie's Small Press Blossoms: Papercuts J.P., in the city's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, has begun publishing books under the name Cutlass Press.
Short Documentary on Indie Bookstores Released: A bookseller at Learned Owl Book Shop in Hudson, Ohio, has posted a ten-minute documentary called "Independent Bookstores: Ever Resilient" on YouTube.
Arizona Bookstore Bought and Renamed: Flagstaff's Barefoot Cowgirl Books has been acquired renamed Bright Side Bookshop.
Alabama Bookstore Expands: The NewSouth Bookstore in Montgomery, Ala., is expanding, prompted by the closing of nearby Capital Book & News last year.
The Last of Delhi's Octogenarian Booksellers: At age 86, Mirza Yaseen Baig continues to manage the beloved Midland Book Shop in Delhi, India.
