Edgartown Books, Edgartown, Mass., is reopening this coming Friday under new ownership, the Martha's Vineyard Times reported. Previous owners David and Ann LeBreton had announced in January that they were closing the store, which they had run for 10 years. When they bought it, they moved it and changed the name from Bickerton & Ripley.
The new owners are Jeffrey and Joyce Sudikoff, who have been summer residents since the 1970s. He was founder and CEO of IDB Communications Group and was a part owner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team.
The Sudikoffs have hired Susan Mercier, who was manager of Edgartown Books until 2010, as their new manager and are hiring several other former Edgartown Books booksellers.
"I'm just so happy for the town and for the Island," Mercier told the Times, noting that the Sudikoffs "are so in tune with the needs of a small community and what an important role an independent bookstore plays in that."
Mercier added that this week the store is being painted. "We're not changing anything now, but we will be carrying periodicals, and we hope to start a delivery service and other services in the store."
