OWNERS OF BOOKSTORES
DESTROYED BY BOOK SUPERSTORES--
WHERE ARE YOU?

Friends of Davis has compiled the following partial list of bookstores that have gone out of business since July of 1993. It is far from being complete. We believe that most were killed off primarly by book superstores.

Once a store goes out of business, its owners can be difficult to find. We are asking the owners of these--and any other bookstores destroyed by the superstores--to contact us and tell us their stories. We will add to this database as time goes on, and as the toll grows.

The database will help communities persuade their city governments that the superstore chains are truly destructive and do not care about the health of our country's book trade. Their sole reason of existence is not the love of books, but financial profit. And one of their primary means to obtain that profit is to drive independent bookstores out of business.

If you are the former owner of a bookstore that has been put out of business by the superstores please contact us now by visiting our survey input web form page. Help us stop this disgraceful and relentless attack on America's independent bookstores.

We are looking to contact or find out information about the following bookstores:

  • A Child's Story, Teaneck, NJ
  • A Room of Our Own, Brooklyn, NY
  • A Wise Choice, Orlando, FL
  • Abaton, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Acorn Books, Orlando, FL
  • Adventure Bookstore, Lawrence KS
  • Adventures Unlimited, Belmont Shores, CA
  • Afrocentrics, Tucson, AZ
  • Alaska Women's Bookstore, Anchorage, AK
  • Annie's Bookshop, Melbourne, FL
  • Annie's Bookshop, Manchester NH
  • Aquarias Books, Bloomington, IN
  • Aunt Louise's Bookshop for Children, Carrboro, NC
  • Balabans, Teaneck, NJ
  • Barbara's Bookstore, Chicago, IL
  • Beary Special Books, Glendale, AZ
  • Ben Franklin Bookstore, Worchester, MA
  • Best Books First, San Jose, CA
  • Best Sellers Books, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Bick's Books, Washington, DC
  • Blue Moon, Beverly Hills, CA
  • Book Castle, Burbank, CA
  • Book Cellar, Granville, OH
  • Book Co., Beaverton, OR
  • Book Connection, Mariposa, CA
  • Book Corner, Albuquerque, NM
  • Book Emporium, Long Beach, CA
  • Book Nook, Richmond, VA
  • Book Trader II, Sandpoint, ID
  • Book of Wonders, Beverly Hills, CA
  • Bookery, Lufkin, TX
  • Bookpeople, West Bloomfield, MI
  • Books & Things, Briarcliff Manor, NY
  • Books First, Richmond, VA
  • Books, Inc., Sacramento, CA
  • Books, Inc., San Jose, CA
  • Books, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
  • Books-N-More, Rockford, IL
  • Booksellers at the Pruneyard, Campbell, CA
  • Bookstore, Boston, MA
  • Bookworms, Tucson, AZ
  • Bookworms II, South Miami, FL
  • Brentano's, New York, NY
  • Bristol Books, Wilmington, NC
  • Burlington Bookshop, Mew York, NY
  • Butler & Gabriel, Westwood, CA
  • Campbell's, Westwood, CA
  • Catbird's Seat, Portland, OR
  • Chaticleer Books for the Young, Los Gatos, CA
  • Chapel Bookstore, Monett, MO
  • Chapter One, Anchorage, AK
  • Chart House Books, Hyanniss, MA
  • Chatterton's, Los Feliz, CA
  • Children's Book Shop, Clifton, VA
  • Children's Books and Co., Tulsa, OK
  • Children's Bookshelf, Harrisburg, PA
  • Children's Bookstore, Chicago, IL
  • Chris Huffman Books, Richmond, CA
  • City Books, St.Louis, MO
  • Clairelight Books, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Classic Bookshop, New York, NY
  • Combs & Combs, Omaha, NE
  • Conant & Conant, Portland, OR
  • Cooper Square Books, New York, NY
  • Cottage Bookshop, San Rafael, Ca
  • Cousin Arthur's Bookstore, Brooklyn Heights, NY
  • Cover to Cover Bookstore, Boulder, CO
  • Deep Eddy Books, Austin, TX
  • Dream Makers, Rochester,MN
  • Drew's Bookshop, Cincinnati, OH
  • Duschoff Books, Phoenix, AZ
  • Dwelling Place, Lewsiburg PA
  • Earthling Books, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Eeyore's, New York, NY
  • Endicott Booksellers, New York, NY
  • Eric Chaim Klein, Santa Monica, CA
  • Europa Books, Austin, TX
  • Evergreen Books 'N More, San Jose, CA
  • Fahrenheit 451, Laguna Beach, CA
  • Farmington Book Center, Farmington, MI
  • Flaghouse, Mt. Vernon, NY
  • Fowler Brothers, Los Angeles, CA
  • Garner & Smith, Austin, TX
  • George & Hilda's, Boston, MA
  • Guild Bookstore, Chicago, IL
  • Hall of Fame Sports Books, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Haunted Bookshop, Tucson, AZ
  • Holmes Book Co, Oakland, CA
  • Houle Books, Phoenix, AZ
  • Hunter's, Pasadena, CA
  • Huntington's, Hartford, CT
  • Inkspot Books, San Jose, CA
  • Inner Voyage Books, Everett, MA
  • Intimate Bookshop, Charlotte, NC
  • Ives Bookstore, Fort Myers, FL
  • Jack Roth, Los Angeles, CA
  • Jefferson Harbor Books, Port Jefferson, NY
  • Jocundry's Books, East Lansing, MI
  • Johnny Appleseed, Manchester, VT
  • Judith's Room, New York, NY
  • Kay's Bookmark, Seattle, WA
  • Kids Ink, Burlington, VT
  • Kroch's & Brentano's, Chicago, IL
  • Kyle Books, Long Beach, CA
  • Liberia y Galeria San Jose, San Jose, CA
  • Little Harbor, Cohasset, MA
  • Little Profession, Isoqua, WA
  • Little Professor, Hyanniss, MA
  • Little Professor, Rochester, MN
  • Little Professor, Burlington, VT
  • Little Professor Book Center, Omaha, NE
  • Look What I Made, South Hamilton, MA
  • Mainstreet Bookshop, Bellevue, WA
  • Michael's Bookshop, Greenville, NC
  • Mother's Book Boutique, Cape Cod, MA
  • New Moon Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
  • Nickelby's, Columbus, OH
  • Novel Futures, Richmond, VA
  • Novel Ideas, Mercado, FL
  • Oasis Books, Issaqua, WA
  • Odegard Books, Minneapolis, MN
  • Odegard's, St. Paul, MN
  • Old England Bookshop, Irondale, AL
  • Old Pasadena Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
  • Old Wives' Tales Bookstore, San Francisco, CA
  • Once Upon a Mind, Maumee, OH
  • Once Upon a Time, New Rochelle, NY
  • Park Avenue Books & Espresso, Rochester, NY
  • Park Books, Winter Park, FL
  • Paul's Books, St. Louis, MO
  • Phoenix Books, Kansas City, MO
  • Pickwick Books, Akron, OH
  • Piedmont Book Co., Oakland, CA
  • Pinocchio, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Platypus Bookshop, Chicago, IL
  • Plaza Books, Lincoln, NE
  • Pompaididdles, Berwick, PA
  • Publishers Bookstore, Little Rock, AR
  • Purple Crayon, Springfield, VA
  • Rabbit Hill Children's Bookstore, Hewlett, NY
  • Rainy Day Books, Issaquah, WA
  • Really Neat Books, Harrisburg, VA
  • Reed's Books, Manchester, CT
  • Remarkable Bookshop, Westport, CT
  • Salt of the Earth, Albuquergue, NM
  • Santa Monica Books & Toys, Santa Monica, CA
  • Savanna's Bookstore, Cambridge, MA
  • Scenes, Chicago, IL
  • Shakespeare & Co., New York, NY
  • Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, Naples, CA
  • Skippack Children's Books, Skippack, PA
  • Southern Sisters, Durham, NC
  • Stone Wall Book Store, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Story Book Palace, Burke, VA
  • Story Teller, Lincoln, NE
  • Stuart Brent Books, Chicago, IL
  • Taylors, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
  • The Book Co., Great Neck, NY
  • The Old Black Dog, Athens, GA
  • Third Coast Booksellers, Gross Pointe Park, MI
  • Trespassers' William, Albuquerque, NM
  • Versa, New York, NY
  • Village Bookstoe, Shelburne, VT
  • Village Green, Rochester, NY
  • Village Green, Philadelphia, PA
  • Volume I, Columbia, SC
  • Volume II, Newark, DE
  • Volume One, Richmond, VA
  • Wallace Bryant Bookseller, Greenwood, IN
  • Waterstones, Chicago, IL
  • Way to Go, Philadelphia, PA
  • Westwood Books, Westwood, CA
  • Wilkie's, Dayton, OH
  • Wit & Wisdom, Lawrenceville, NJ
  • Wit & Wisdom, Cleveland, OH
  • Wit & Wisdom, Burlington, VT
  • Women's Words, Columbus, OH
  • Woods Bookstore, Hartsdale, NY
  • Wordsworth Books, Fargo, ND
  • Young Readers, Akron,OH
  • Young Readers, North Olmstead, OH

    To submit bookstore information, follow this link to the web survey form.

    If you have any problems with using the form, please contact us either by e-mail or snail mail if you know the whereabouts of the owners of these bookstores. Let them know we're trying to communicate with them. -- Mark marknem@web1.sl.net
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