Auntie's Bookstore

Independent bookstore sales jumped 5% in 2018 over the prior year, which is a result of booksellers’ entrepreneurship efforts and unique ties forged between stores and their respective cities, making them community centers that host events and connect readers to authors, according to the American Booksellers Association.

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Fri., June 7, 2019

Lisa Tollett, and her daughter, Emma, 7, of Cheney, search the shelves at Auntie’s Book Store, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. in downtown Spokane.

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Geoff Ginther, of Rice, Wash., shops for coloring, hiking and pruning books, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at Auntie’s Bookstore. There's been a national resurgence in independent bookstores with many reporting positive sales growth.

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Jeff Hedge takes a pass through Auntie’s Bookstore, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. There's been a national resurgence in independent bookstores with many reporting positive sales growth.

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Aunties Bookstore enjoys a stream of customers on a in 1998.

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Auntie's Bookstore, a popular bookstore in Spokane, Wash. in 2008.

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