A new independent bookstore, The Whispering Page, is set to open in Worthington this summer. An exact opening date has not been set, but the owner is aiming for July. A new independent bookstore is ...

The origin of Powell’s Books is a tale of two cities—Portland and Chicago. In 1970, Michael Powell was a graduate student at the University of Chicago and opened a small bookstore in the Windy City.

About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation For years now, we have heard that Amazon and the big chains are crushing small businesses, but independent ...

A new independent bookstore, The Whispering Page, is set to open in Worthington this summer. The family-owned shop will be located in a historic building at 661 N. High St. In addition to selling new ...

Trader Joe’s agreed to a $7.4 million class action settlement over claims it printed too many digits of customers’ card numbers on receipts. Eligible shoppers could receive about $100 each, depending ...

If you’re ever feeling lost in a new city, walking into a local bookstore will help anchor you. Far more than just a place of transaction, a good bookstore can serve as a sanctuary, a community space, ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Independent Bookstore Day, slated for Saturday, April 25, is fast approaching—and the American Booksellers Association and its bookstore ...

If you need an excuse to do a book crawl through all of central Iowa's independent bookstores, Indie Bookstore Day is here to fill that need. Grab a bookstore passport on Friday, April 24, and spend ...

DETROIT – At the corner of Puritan Avenue and Lesure Street on Detroit’s west side, an abandoned building is being rewritten into something new: a neighborhood bookstore and café. Jerjuan Howard, an ...

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day is back on April 25 with plenty of events, activities and giveaways to celebrate. The popular Bookstore Day Passport Challenge returns, inviting booklovers to visit ...

Demetrios Sanders is one of your Detroit community reporters. Connect with him at Demetrios.Sanders@wxyz.com. DETROIT (WXYZ) — A Detroiter is giving back to his ...

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