From patch.com by Neal McNamara SEATTLE, WA — There’s a new effort underway to resurrect the L.E.M.S. Life Enrichment Bookstore, which was once the only black-owned bookstore in Washington. L.E.M.S. owner Vickie Williams died on March 3, 2017, and the store had to sell off its inventory to pay down bills. But the store, located …
Roundabout Books in Bend, OR started an indiegogo campaign to help keep the bookstore, which opened in 2016, healthy and growing. The campaign’s flexible goal is to reach $40,000 in the next month; as of this write-up, they are over a quarter of the way to their goal. Check out the snazzy campaign they’ve designed, …
Great news, booklovers! Remember the crowdsourcing campaign to help Kaci Aslamov purchase Paulina Springs Books’ Redmond location to open Herringbone Books? Well, it worked! The transition happened, and Herringbone Books opened on December 1. Below is an article from The Bulletin from December 8. Paulina Springs Books in Redmond to remain open New name, new …
