“From the Saturday 4/29 edition of Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The turnout was great, we were mobbed with giggling children and adults on Saturday for the kickoff of Children’s Book Week, which was also a great Independent Bookstore Day for us too.” –Carol Spurling, owner of BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID The caption reads: “Children …
Excerpted from The Chronicle: Book ‘n’ Brush Juggles Needs of Customers Who Want It All by Natalie Johnson For Book ‘n’ Brush owner David Hartz, selling books off the shelf is OK, but the real fun comes when the staff becomes “book detectives.” “I love when a customer comes in and says, ‘Do you have…’ …
Well, it’s been a soggy week at Inklings. Thursday [before last], we experienced a big rainstorm that was probably the worst I’ve ever driven in. The iPhone was blaring a warning of flash floods and I was eyeing the bridges I’d need to cross to get home. Made it safely and sat in the darkening …
Village Books & Paper Dreams (Bellingham, WA) will open a location in the newly renovated Waples Mercantile Building on Front Street in Lynden, Washington. The building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, burned in 2008, and was later purchased by Bellingham architect Jeff McClure and his wife Debra. The McClures, along with …
It delights us to no end to help spread the great news about Cannon Beach Books: it has new owners! Maureen Dooley-Sroufe and Deb Mersereau, two long-time employees of Cannon Beach Book Company, have taken the reins at the delightful independent bookstore on the Oregon Coast. Many were enticed by the idea of continuing Valerie …
More good news for Pacific Northwest bookstores: Village Books in Bellingham, WA is another local recipient of a grant from author James Patterson! Village Books will use its new $7,500 for kids’ programming, including the creation of a Kids Program Director position, to be filled by Claire McElroy-Chesson. Remember Village Books’ summer camp? Claire will …
We’re northwest booklovers, but that doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate great news about the book industry everywhere in the country. While I was in the Philadelphia airport on the day after Christmas, I was delighted to see a story of happy bookselling news on repeat. The Strand Bookstore (or as we in the Pacific Northwest like …
