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Indie Bookstores You Can Shop at From Anywhere

Posted on November 3, 2022January 26, 2023 by Melissa Baron

With the pandemic having such a drastically negative affect on small businesses, the book world held its breath and waited to see how this would affect independent bookstores. Indie bookstores adapted remarkably well through online ordering and curbside pickup, but no one knew what the outcome would be for brick and mortar stores years into […]

A Bookish Cross-Country U.S. Road Trip: Southern Pacific

Posted on February 1, 2022July 18, 2022 by Melissa Baron

Welcome to the fourth installment of the bookish cross-country road trip series! We have traversed across the Northern U.S. using I-90, explored the heart of the country across I-70, and traveled along the east coast on I-95. Now that the weather is chilly and generally unpleasant for large swaths of the country, let’s discover what bookish treasures we […]