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• Independent bookstores doing better than ever in 2012

  The Christian Science Monitor ran a cover story by Yvonne Zipp yesterday about the rise of independent bookstores in the U.S. Business is getting better! Zipp credits the fall of… Read more »

• Slideshow: The newly reopened Queen Anne

  Last week, we told you about the Seattle bookstore formerly known as Queen Anne Books that had shut down in the fall and has just reopened as Queen Anne Book… Read more »

• Maine bookstore looking for help after being hit hard by blizzard

  While last weekend’s snowstorm wasn’t quite the apocalyptic event we were expecting here in New York, it did wreak some havoc further north in New England. Longfellow Books in Portland,… Read more »

• Connecticut bookstore in search of a new home

  Monroe Patch reported this weekend that Written Words Bookstore in Shelton, CT, is looking for a new location as the lease for their current spot comes to an end. They’ve… Read more »

• Plans for an indie bookstore in Queens

  As those of us at Melville House can attest, there’s a nice variety of independent bookstores here in Brooklyn, including (but by no means limited to) Book Court, WORD, Greenlight,… Read more »

• Small Business Saturday supports booksellers across the country

  Stores raved about the festive atmosphere engendered by the shop-small ethos… Read more »

• Consumers heading to bookstores for Small Business Saturday

  In the midst of the usual Thanksgiving sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this weekend will mark the third year for Small Business Saturday.… Read more »

• Extreme Makeover: Bookstore Edition

  Back in June, the bookstore training group Paz & Associates announced that it would offer a $2,000 makeover to an independent bookseller, a prize that ended up going to Left… Read more »

• Video: Get a glimpse of Tattered Cover’s onetime theatre location

  Denver independent bookstore Tattered Cover released a video this week that offers a tour of their location on Colfax Avenue, the onetime Bonfils Theatre, which still has elements of its… Read more »

• Indies & ebooks: It’s now or never, baby

  One of our main concerns at Melville House the last couple of years has been: What can we do to get more indie booksellers involved in the digital economy? We’ve… 4 / Read more »