In happier news, today another Liberty Books & Music will open, in Rocky River, Ohio, in suburban Cleveland. Owned by John Gaylord, the store will have 10,000 square feet of space and 75,000 book and magazine titles. In the last several years, Gaylord, who used to be a Little Professor franchisee and co-owner of the Gaylord Companies, has opened Empire Books & News in Huntington, W.Va., and another Liberty Books & News in Columbus, Ohio.
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Naftali Rottenstreich and Susan Fox have opened Red Fox Books in Glen Falls, N.Y., just south of Adirondack Park, Bookselling This Week
reported. The husband-and-wife booksellers renovated a 1,600-sq.-ft.
space and are stocking some 10,000 titles. Red Fox's grand
opening celebration December 7 will feature a reading by Russell
Banks.
Red Fox Books is located at 28 Ridge St., Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801; 518-793-5352; fax: 518-793-9132.
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Sad
news: Sherry Emory, co-owner of Charis Books & More, the feminist
bookstore in Atlanta, Ga., died of breast cancer last Sunday. She was
57. Emory had moved to Florida a year and a half ago and died at the
home of her sister.
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Barnes & Noble will open a store in Maumee, Ohio, near Toledo, in October 2007. The store will be in the Shops at Fallen Timbers shopping center at Fallen Timbers Drive and Russell Road. The store will stock, it says, close to 200,000 book, music, DVD and magazine titles.
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In the middle of December, Borders will open a two-level, 27,000-sq.-ft. store in Houston, Tex., in the Galleria Mall, located at 5061 Westheimer Road. This will be the eighth Borders in the Houston area. The store will carry "up to 200,000 book, music and movie titles."
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The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression has added three new board members:
- Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, Ariz.
- Jack Buckley of Ninth Street Book Shop, Wilmington, Del.
- Cecile Fehsenfeld of Schuler Books & Music, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Because the vice president of the American Booksellers Association
is always on the board, Shanks, who was elected v-p this year, replaces
Russ Lawrence of Chapter One Books, Hamilton, Mont., who was ABA v-p
and is now ABA president.
Buckley and Fehsenfeld will serve three-year terms and replace Cammie
Mannino of Halfway Down the Stairs, Rochester, Mich., and Michael
Powell of Powell's Books in Portland, Ore.
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The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has moved. Its new address is:
214 East 12th Ave.
Eugene, Ore. 97401-3245
The association's e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
[Thanks to Bookselling This Week]
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Katelin Trowbridge has joined Baker
& Taylor as field territory manager for independent booksellers in
New York City, surrounding counties, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. She
formerly handled sales, marketing and product management at Public
Square Books, which specializes in publishing and distributing graphic
novels and manga in Spanish. Before that she taught English literature
at New York University. She may be reached at katelin.trowbridge@btol.com or 800-775-7930, ext. 1151.
Joni Dudlext has joined B&T as an inside sales rep, helping Carin
Siegfried serve booksellers in New England and upstate New York. She
formerly worked in customer service at Random House. She may be reached
at Joni.Dudlext@btol.com or 800-775-7930, ext. 3355.