Berean Christian Stores has bought Macon Christian Bookstore, Macon,
Ga., an 8,400-sq.-ft., family-owned store that was founded 58 years
ago, the Macon Telegraph reported. Berean now has 23 stores.
Owner Chris Childers, who is chairman of the board of the CBA, told the
paper: "Berean is as close to independent as they could be. I think
Berean is a good example of what a chain can do without feeling like a
chain. They feel like, when you go in their stores, they are a part of
the community."
Childers added, "I'm just 45, and I'm not ready to retire. I don't want
to over-spiritualize it, but I just want to see what the Lord lays in
front of me."
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The Extraordinary Bookseller, a used bookstore
in Rochester, N.Y., that had to give up half of the space in its
original store, has opened a second
bookstore downtown, the Rochester Post-Bulletin reported.
Owner Steve Plunkett told the paper that he wanted to stay downtown
because the Barnes & Noble there is "a center for book-buying in the
region," and that he and B&N often refer customers to each other.
"We try not to compete with them at all," Plunkett said. "The only
books we have in common with Barnes & Noble are some classic
titles. We try to not stock bestsellers at all."
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Once again, the new address of the New England Independent Booksellers Association is:
297 Broadway, #212
Arlington, Mass. 02474
For the first time here, NEIBA's new phone number is 781-316-8894; fax 781-316-2605. The toll free number is 866-398-8860.
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Kay
Callison Bonetti, director of the American Audio Prose Library,
Columbia, Mo., notes that her conversation with Larry Brown included in
Conversations with American Novelists (University of Missouri
Press), mentioned yesterday by Karl Pohrt in his dispatch from the
South Awareness tour, is, like the rest of the book, based on recorded
interviews Bonetti made that are available from the American Audio
Prose Library. Go to the Library's Web site for information about the original interview, Larry Brown Interview with Kay Bonetti, which was recorded in 1995.