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In Oak Park, Michigan, independent bookstore The Book Beat is gearing up to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Stateside spoke with owners Cary Loren and Colleen Kammer about their long-running success.
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For some small businesses, the COVID-19 shutdowns could be a death sentence. In order to survive, owners are having to quickly pivot to new ways of doing…
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On the first day that Michael Gustafson and his wife Hilary opened Literati Bookstore in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, something possessed him to place…
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If we can't talk about love stories on Valentine's Day, when can we? Which is why today seemed appropriate to talk to Horizon Books, right there on Front…
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?The legions of readers who love and cherish Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” were stunned and then excited at the prospect of reading her long-lost…
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With competition from Amazon and e-readers, big box bookstores have been hit hard. Borders closed in 2011 and Barnes & Noble has been forced to close…
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Remember "You've Got Mail," The Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic comedy?Writer-director Norah Ephron says she wanted to make a point about little…
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Many of us are book lovers.An e-book reader is convenient in the sense that you can store dozens of books on it. It's also great if you're traveling and…
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Holiday sales appear to be up at most independent bookstores in Michigan, thanks in part to the fact that one of their major competitors is no longer…
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Today, the doors will close for the final time at the Borders bookstore in Ann Arbor. It’s a significant milestone marking the final days of the Ann…