Congratulations to Watermark Book Company of Anacortes, WA. Everyone is invited to celebrate! From the bookstore: Watermark Book Company is celebrating its 35th anniversary! We are celebrating all week 11/11- 11/17: All week long raffle basket special – When you spend $100+, you can enter to win the raffle basket of your choice. We have …
The Book Nook was featured on USA Today October 18, 2024! How Oregon’s The Book Nook creates a safe space to celebrate stories together Local independent bookstores have never been more important. With fair access to literature under political attack, bookstores are a bulwark against censorship and an asset to the communities they serve. Each week we profile an …
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 …
From The Bend Source Weekly, by Jared Rasic: To be a truly remarkable bookstore is to find an alchemical balance that can’t really be explained to someone with only a passing interest in the literary arts. Bookstores have outlasted most CD shops, video stores and video game stops and remained near-sacrosanct spaces for people to …
From the Phinney Books/ Madison Books Team in Seattle, WA: It’s been a bit quiet on the newsletter side of things here, in part because we’ve had quite a bit going on, and in part because many of us have been in and out of town during the summer, but most of all because we …
Vintage Books in Vancouver, WA is the home of wonderful books, amazing staff, and great bookstore cats. Their beloved long-time cat companion, Dickens, passed over the rainbow bridge in May. Maisie had been holding down the feline fort solo. But this month, the store welcomed a new cat from West Columbia Gorge Humane Society— another …
From Phinney Books’ store owner, Tom Nissley: Hello many friends of Phinney Books— We are turning ten years old (!!) this week—on Thursday, June 20, to be specific—and we are celebrating that evening with a little party at the store. After we close at 7 pm, our door will stay open to visit with friends …
Congratulations to The Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene, ID on their 10th Anniversary! Friday, May 31- Monday June 3, the store welcomes customers to celebrate with a 10%-off sale throughout the store and a prize wheel with even more ways for people to feel lucky. Swing by in person, on their website, or on their …
In June, 1974, Jan Bruton and Lynn Kelly, filled with a passion for children’s books and music, opened A Children’s Place Bookstore in a tiny storefront just off NE Broadway [Portland, OR]. Over the years, the bookstore would move locations, change owners, and expand in size but always with the same mission: provide the very …
In celebration of the publication of The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, James Patterson awarded spring bonuses to booksellers around the country. The full list of bookseller recipients is here. Through April 30, 2024, you can nominate librarians. Among them, …
