The Neverending Bookshop, Edmonds, Wash., will close December 17. Owner Annie Carl is currently running sales to reduce stock, and is planning a big party next month to celebrate the store.
Carl opened the Neverending Bookshop in 2015 on Main Street in downtown Bothell before moving to the Perrinville Towncenter in Edmonds/Lynnwood in 2018. During the Covid pandemic shutdown, Carl rebranded the bookstore as a feminist, activist genre-specific bookstore to better reflect the community's, and her own, ethics and morals.
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"I'm closing the Neverending Bookshop for a number of reasons, chief among them is that I'm ready to move on in my life," she said. "This is a positive change for me. I'll be able to focus on my writing and other creative endeavors. I'm also still going to be around the bookselling industry in some capacity. Stay tuned, there's definitely more coming from me!"
Carl edited the book Soul Jar: Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors (Forest Avenue Press), which was selected by attendees as the winning title in the BuzzBooks contest at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow in Portland, Ore., in September.
She has been a bookseller for 25 years, starting in the industry at 15. This shift away from business ownership is the start of new opportunities, she said, including redoubling her efforts as a disability advocate and public speaker.