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Angelmaker: A Novel, by Nick Harkaway(Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595959) on the April 2012 Indie Next List was nominated by Hannah Johnson-Breimeier of Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon, Wisconsin. The printed Indie Next List flier misidentifies the bookshop.

Nantucket Bookworks takes over operations of Mitchell’s Book Corner; Copperfield’s gets yarn stormed; Star Ledger reports on indie booksellers’ multifaceted approach; Atlanta InTown lists area bookstores adapting; Posman named Best Bookstore by New York Magazine

That Bookstore’s Shipley to run for House seat; San Fran indies celebrate books and chocolate; Bookstore-juice shop to open in Tarrytown

Joseph-Beth Booksellers, which has four locations in Kentucky and Ohio, has turned to paid advertising on Facebook as a way to promote its many events to a wide range of people with similar interests.

A true group effort involving 12 area authors, bookstore staff members, customers, and community friends brought Naked Came the Leaf Peeper to print to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Malaprop’s Bookstore & Café in Asheville, North Carolina.

That Bookstore in Blytheville for sale; MainStreet BookEnds creates new events space; Phoenix Books and BookHampton to open new locations; Parnassus’ Patchett on The Colbert Report

Booklovers’ Gourmet Thrives; Mystery Lovers Bookshop for Sale

More than 900 children and teens — aka Nerdfighters — participated in a recent event featuring John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Dutton Juvenile) and his brother, Hank Green, that was hosted by Washington, D.C.’s Politics and Prose.

The owners of Rainy Day Books love Alex George’s A Good American so much that they’ve issued a handselling challenge to ABA member stores. The Fairway, Kansas, indie will award a scholarship to Winter Institute 8 to the bookstore that sells the most copies of the novel between now and next fall.

Curious George & Friends to reopen; R.J. Julia up for sale; The Book Stall celebrates 30 years; Mysterious Galaxy Redondo Beach welcomes local coffee shop