Owner Patrick Kern talks about realizing his dream of opening a LGBTQ+ bookstore, and the importance of this kind of space in the world today.

One black-owned shop in Petworth and Silver Spring has fielded as many as 400 orders a day since antiracism protests began in May.

The store, formerly known as Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, will now go by “Kramer’s.”

“Trump and the rise of Trumpism have changed the landscape for bookstores for sure,” says Capitol Hill Books co-owner Aaron Beckwith.

Be aware, bookworms!

The bookshop MahoganyBooks is one of several attempts to increase reading and literacy east of the Anacostia River.

Much to the surprise of print-is-dead doomsayers, a handful of new and used bookstores have even opened up in the past year or two.

None of the District’s bookstores will be stocking the latest issue of the French satirical magazine anytime soon.

Big-box bookstores will become an even rarer sight on December 31 when Barnes & Noble shutters its Union Station location, the company confirmed today.

The Wall Street Journal has news which will certainly come as no surprise — Borders bookstore has failed in their attempts to find a buyer and will liquidate all of its stores nationwide.