Meet the indy N.J. bookstore that was just named one of the best in the U.S. | Essex - NJ.com

This N.J. bookstore is in the running to be named the best in the country, inform Barry Carter, columnist at The Star-Ledger.

[words] Bookstore in Maplewood has been selected as one of five finalists for Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year award.
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Whoopi Goldberg has been to [words] Bookstore in Maplewood.

Author events for Govs. Mario Cuomo and Tom Kean have brought them there, too. Can’t forget NBA legends Earl Monroe and Bernard King and authors Harlan Coben and Zadie Smith.

Now, [words] has caught the attention of  Publishers Weekly. The book company selected [words] as one of five finalists for Bookstore of the Year during the Winter Institute, an annual meeting of the American Booksellers’ Association that was held Thursday in Baltimore...

“The bookstores who reached the finals for this year’s awards represent a broad spectrum of general independent booksellers across the country that have weathered the changes that have roiled retailing in general and bookselling in particular,” said Jim Milliot, the editorial director of Publishers Weekly. “I find it heartening that year after year we find so many strong contenders for the Bookstore of the Year Award.”

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Source: NJ.com