The Book Standard reports that 115 new independent bookstores opened in the U.S. in 2007 — seventeen of them here in California. California even led the country in bookstore openings, while New York claimed the No. 2 spot with eight new stores. Bookselling This Week has compiled a complete list here.
We’d like to welcome (and happily link to) these new California indies:
• Babylon Falling in San Francisco.
• Copperfield’s Books in Healdsburg.
• Firehouse Bistro and Books in Livermore.
• Flintridge Bookstore & Coffee House in La Canada.
• Ink Spell Books in Half Moon Bay.
• JudiJim* in Newberry Springs.
• Many Paths Bookstore in North Hollywood.
• Monastery Treasures & Books* in El Centro.
• Mysterious Future Bookstore in Santa Rosa.
• Navor Bookstore in Brawley.
• Rebecca’s Books in Berkeley.
• Sierra Madre Books in Sierra Madre.
• The Avid Reader at the Tower in Sacramento.
• Wheatland Sweetland Books & More* in Wheatland.
• Wild About Books in Clearlake.
• Wild Mountain Books in Placerville.
* No websites yet.
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