Quincy Books, Quincy, Ill., will open in a former Waldenbooks site at east end of Quincy Mall, the Herald-Whig reported. Chastity Myers, who worked at the Waldenbooks store for 14 years, will manage the new bookstore. 
Jerry Cowley of Cowley Distributing has bought three former Borders properties. "We own six other bookstores in mid-size markets in Central Missouri," he said, adding: "Four or five years ago, I had been up in the Hannibal and Quincy area, looking at places. When Borders liquidated, that gave us an opportunity. I got a hold of the company in charge of disposing of fixtures and inventory and got the things that were already in the store. Then is was just a matter of sealing the deal and finding out if the mall was interested in keeping the bookstore."
Quincy Mall manager Dave Boster said, "We just really wanted to maintain a bookstore for the mall and the community. We were very pleased to have this store open, and we're glad to see Chas back managing this one."
