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Oct

15

2024

Welcome, BOLD Coffee & Books!

Last week, Green Bean Books’ bookseller and all-around independent bookstore champion Earl Dizon visited Portland’s BOLD Coffee & Books during their soft opening. He shared his photos and enthusiasm on Instagram. Enjoy a peek at BOLD through Earl’s lens. Photos by Earl Dizon. Thank you, Earl, for sharing your photos and first impressions of this …

Mar

19

2024

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Welcome and Congratulations, Ridgecrest Books of Shoreline, WA!

Ridgecrest Books, a family run, new and used bookstore in the Ridgecrest neighborhood of Shoreline, WA, had its grand opening March 9th and 10th. We love celebrating neighborhood bookstores! Photos are from Ridgecrest Books’ Instagram. Congratulations, Ridgecrest Books! RIDGECREST BOOKS 512 NORTHEAST 165TH STREET SHORELINE, WASHINGTON 98155 Tuesday- Sunday 11-7

Oct

27

2023

Welcome to Two New Seattle Stores: Mam’s Books and Charlie’s Queer Books!

What an exciting autumn in the Pacific Northwest! Seattle welcomes two amazing new bookstores. Mam’s Books, owned by Sokah Danh, is the first independent Asian American bookstore in the Seattle. Since the store’s grand opening September 23, 2023, it has been filled with a steady stream of literary luminaries and community leaders like Karen Maeda …

Jun

18

2021

Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts logo (An eye in a triangle with "mind," "body," "soul" all inscribed in a circle.

Third Eye Books Grand Reopening in Portland June 20!

Congratulations to Portland bookstore Third Eye Books! The store is opening in a new location in SE Portland Sunday June 20, 2021. Celebrate with Third Eye Books at their new home, 2518 SE 33rd Ave Portland, OR 97202 (at Southeast Division Street and 33rd Avenue). KGW8, the Portland area NBC-affiliate, did a story about store …

Apr

12

2019

storefront of Madison Books in Seattle

Madison Books in Seattle OPEN April 27, 2019!

From Shelf Awareness April 11, 2019 by Alex Mutter Seattle’s Madison Books Plans IBD Opening When Madison Books opens in Seattle, Wash., on April 27, Independent Bookstore Day, it will be the first new, general-interest, independent bookstore in the city’s Madison Park neighborhood since 2005. The roughly 400-square-foot bookstore is a sister store to Phinney Books, …

Oct

23

2018

Books Around the Corner Gresham logo

Books Around the Corner Opening
in Gresham, OR November 2

From the Books Around the Corner Newsletter 10/19/18 LATEST NEWS The sign is up and it’s [less than] two weeks until Books Around the Corner opens its doors. We have over $500 of donations through our Indiegogo Campaign and another few hundred received in donations at the Gresham Farmer’s Market. While we don’t want to …

Mar

1

2013

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Queen Anne Book Company: A Fresh Start in a Familiar Place

Seattle’s Queen Anne Book Company opens today in the 1811 Queen Anne Avenue storefront vacated by the similarly named Queen Anne Books last October. That’s a lot of Queen Annes! The grand opening celebration will run from Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3, 9 am to 9 pm every day with a non-stop parade of …

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