On Sunday, Napa Bookmine, Napa, Calif., had a soft opening for its second location, which is in Napa's Oxbow Public Market, a 40,000-square-feet marketplace that includes food vendors, artisan cafes and an organic produce outlet for local farms as well as an outdoor deck with seating along the Napa River. With the opening, Napa Bookmine's pop-up shop at the Market, Standard: News, Books, and Sundries, is closing.
In the 400-square-foot space, Napa Bookmine at Oxbow will offer all new books (in contrast to its main store, which sells 85% used books and 15% new), emphasizing travel, wine, culinary, art & design, and lifestyle books and periodicals. It will also have an expanded children's section and expanded gift section that will include greeting cards, sundries and other products that "complement the literary inventory."
"Our goals are to get as many books into the hands of Napans as possible, to share the power of the printed word with our community, and to make Napa a city of readers," Napa Bookmine owner Naomi Chamblin said, adding that she has been inspired by Tattered Cover's Joyce Meskis. "Books remind people to slow down, a reminder we desperately need in this day and age. Oxbow Public Market is a wonderful meeting place for locals, and we are thrilled to be a part of it!"
Steve Carlin, founder and managing partner of Oxbow Public Market, commented: "Every public market needs a great, community bookseller and Napa Bookmine certainly fits that bill."