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This section is dedicated to aggregating a list of the news articles featuring Booksellers and this petition
January 27, 2017
Is a new Booksellers in the works?
Commercial Appeal
"Separate efforts are being made to find investors to replace Booksellers at Laurelwood, the city's largest independent bookstore that will close by Valentine's Day. 'By the 14th, we anticipate being done,' Neil Van Uum said Friday of closing.The store's owner is selling both the books and bookshelves..."
January 04, 2017
Readers flood Booksellers at 11th hour
Commercial Appeal
"Readers swarmed The Booksellers at Laurelwood on Wednesday after news that the city's largest independent bookstore will soon close due to financial problems. Customers lined up to the cash registers during the lunch hour while Booksellers Bistro hummed with diners filling the tables."
January 05, 2017
The 9:01: Lament for Booksellers at Laurelwood, more
Commercial Appeal
"If it seems trivial in the context of larger civic problems, the news that Booksellers at Laurelwood will close was still a gut punch to a lot of Memphians. Laurelwood books, once and still to many 'Davis-Kidd,' went from part of a small Tennessee chain to part of a national one to an independent to what appears to be kaput."
January 06, 2017
Letters to the Editor-January 6th
Commercial Appeal
"My heart is breaking — my absolute favorite store, The Booksellers at Laurelwood is closing their doors in February. I am there at least once a month buying a ton of books. I rely on the staff for their recommendations (Joanne and Mark especially). Their love of literature is contagious."
January 14, 2017
Letters to the Editor-January 14th
Commercial Appeal
"For those of us who have spent their lives loving and living books, the plight of the Booksellers of Laurelwood is not only sad, but personal. After years of "hanging out" at Borders Books on Kirby and Poplar with our children and grandchildren, I still feel a pang of loss just driving by the empty store."
January 16, 2017
Letters to the Editor-January 16th
Commercial Appeal
"As a member of a local Memphis book club, I am deeply saddened that I won’t be able to frequent the Booksellers at Laurelwood to purchase my books, which I continued to do even though the cost of the book may have been less at Amazon.com."
January 28, 2017
Turning the Page
Memphis Daily News
"When a bookstore decides to close its doors for good, the moment isn't always so immediate or possessive of the clean finality that comes with shutting a book at the end of the story. In the case of The Booksellers at Laurelwood, it is a long goodbye."
January 06, 2017
Scenarios Emerge to Keep Booksellers at Laurelwood Going
Memphis Daily News
"For sale: One beloved, 32-year-old independent bookstore. Asking price? $800,000. That’s what Booksellers at Laurelwood owner Neil Van Uum says he’d accept to unload the store, days after announcing its impending closure and a liquidation sale that begins on Friday, Jan. 6."
January 17, 2017
Student Petitions to Save Booksellers
Memphis Daily News
"Support continues to pour in for Booksellers at Laurelwood, Memphis’ largest independent bookstore that announced recently it is set to close next month. Shoppers immediately flocked to the store, which has hung large closing signs in its windows and begun a liquidation sale. A competitor, Burke’s Book Store..."
January 06, 2017
Booksellers gets support from local competitor
Memphis Business Journal
"Earlier this week, Memphians learned one of the last remaining local independent bookstores — Booksellers at Laurelwood — would close after being placed in default. Today, that store is getting support from an unlikely place."
January 06, 2017
Booksellers Needs Your Help
Burke's Book Store
"Dear Customers, On Tuesday, the owner of The Booksellers at Laurelwood (located at Poplar and Perkins in east Memphis) announced that he was closing the store. The liquidation has begun. Formerly Davis-Kidd Booksellers, this book store has been in Memphis for 30 years. It employs some of the best booksellers in the world."
January 12, 2017
Petition seeks to save The Booksellers at Laurelwood
Action News 5
"A petition to save The Booksellers at Laurelwood is gaining signatures. Right now the petition of about 50 signatures away from reaching its 2,500 signature goal. Click here to look at the petition or sign it yourself.
The store decided to close after being open in Memphis for decades."
January 17, 2017
"This Story Is Not Over Yet"
Chapter 16
"When news came that The Booksellers at Laurelwood was shutting its doors for good, Memphis book lovers freely used words like “heartbreaking” and “sad” on social media sites. Former Memphis City Council member Shea Flinn condensed their thoughts into one succinct tweet..."
January 04, 2017
Customers Grieving Pending Closure Of Booksellers At Laurelwood
Local Memphis
"A long running Memphis business is closing its doors. After more than thirty years, Booksellers at Laurelwood announced it'll be closing for good because of financial reasons. Since the announcement, there's been an outpouring of support from the Mid-South."