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Texas bookstores, publishers, and libraries are thriving. Read on for the updates since our last roundup<\/a>.\u202f <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amarillo <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Chapterhouse Books<\/a><\/strong><\/u> will soon have a brick & mortar location at 3317 SW 6th. They plan to have the space at least partially open for an author signing event on June 1st. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Austin <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Weeva<\/a><\/strong><\/u> is a \u2018new to us\u2019 publisher specializing in visual books, such as art and photography books, student journals, and kids’ picture books. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clifton <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Tolstoy & Co. Bookshop<\/a><\/strong><\/u> opened their new location at <\/span><\/span>327 W. 5th Street on May 8 in downtown Clifton. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Houston <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Barnes & Noble\u2019s<\/a><\/strong><\/u> Town and Country location will reopen in November after a temporary closure for remodeling. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blue Willow Bookshop<\/a><\/strong><\/u> is expanding and adding about 1,400 square feet of space to be used for events, storage, shipping, and receiving. Renovations are underway, with the new space slated to open mid-July. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n McKinney <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Neighbor Books<\/a><\/strong><\/u> announced that they will open this summer at 208 E. Louisiana St. Owners Joey and Ginny Honescko plan to feature a wide selection of books, drinks, and local events. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mesquite <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Half Price Books<\/a><\/strong><\/u> closed their Mesquite location on May 5th after the lease ended. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Roanoke <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Tropes Bookstore<\/a><\/strong><\/u> is a \u2018new to us\u2019 pop-up bookstore operating in the Roanoke area. They are actively searching for the perfect brick & mortar location. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other Industry News: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Bee Cave Library<\/a><\/strong><\/u> was awarded the Libraries Change Communities Award<\/a> from the Texas Library Association for the Books and Bees Festival. The award recognizes \u201cpositive achievements and promotes outstanding library-based initiatives in Texas.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Semi-regular Texas bookstores & industry updates <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[730,9,8,494,120],"class_list":["post-5320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-indiebookstore","tag-lonestarliterarylife","tag-lonestarliterarycom","tag-news","tag-newsbriefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}