Newtown Bookshop, Newtown, Pa., has reopened in its new location, at 2120 S. Eagle Road in the Village at Newtown South. The Newtown Patch reported that after 23 years at the shop's previous space, owner Kathy Morrison and her staff packed up the store and moved earlier this month.
"We're really excited about our new store," she said. "We like the layout. It is more open. It's brighter. And it allows us to have more people at our events. It also allows us to see the whole store," said Morrison, explaining that "the old location was separated into two distinct areas--the front end of the store and the back end.... This store is wide open. It makes it look bigger even though it's a comparable size. And every book that was at the old store is over here. We have the same sections. It's definitely an updated look so it's more current. And we're really happy with the way it turned out."
Morrison, the third owner of the bookshop, has lived in Newtown since she was 12 and raised her family there. She purchased the bookshop more than 11 years ago after finding out the owner was considering selling or closing the business.
"One thing led to another and I ended up buying it," said Morrison, who was working for the bookshop at the time. "One of the memories that was near and dear to my heart was standing in line with my children for the Harry Potter book release events. I just couldn't let the store close."
The decision to relocate was about positioning Newtown Bookshop for future success and staying in Newtown. She is hoping to take advantage of the foot traffic at the shopping center and the visibility of the new store.
"We've been open a week. Our customers are finding us over here. We're seeing some new customers come in who didn't know us from the old shopping center," she noted. "We were tucked away in a corner over there. Now we're out in the open and people can see us clearly from the road that goes through the shopping center."
Newtown Bookshop will host its grand reopening celebration at the new space this coming Saturday, October 28, "with a full day of authors, music, refreshments, promotions and raffles! So please come over and join in the fun!"