Georgia’s Book Exchange opened this week in South Boston. The store is in Virginia, not Massachusetts, and its named after a woman, not a state—Angela Harding and her late mother Georgia had long planned on opening the store built on community exchanges. Customers who donate books receive a 20% discount while the stocks are all 50% off.
West Hollywood’s Book Soup launched a campaign to replace Alexander Hamilton with Joan Didion on the $10 bill.
Coloradans will soon have a bookstore dedicated to their state. Local Editions will open in Longmont and exclusively sell books by Colorado authors. So far there will be 82 books in stock.
Left Bank Books in St. Louis is getting political. The store posted “Black Lives Matter” signs in the windows.
Beijing’s state-owned Cathay Bookstore Branch recently reopened joining a number of 24-hour stores in the city and igniting a debate over whether all night bookstores are worth the cost.
Maybe you can fight city hall! Lahooq Books in Carlsbad, California has reopened after zoning disputes with the city attempted to shutter the store.
New York City’s most eccentric bookseller, John Scioli, speaks with Gothamist about the imminent closure of his used bookstore. The Community Bookstore (not Community Bookstore) is only open between 5 p.m. and midnight, at least when Scioli wants to open it. He told Gothamist: “People will scan a book with their phones, a new book, $15. They’ll say, “Oh I can get this on Amazon for $6.” I say, “Okay, put it back and buy it in Amazon.””
