Closing of Bookstore

In my former hometown, it has just been announced that Davis-Kidd Bookstore will be closing.

Founded in 1980 by Karen Davis and Thelma Kidd, Davis-Kidd grew to four bookstores in Tennessee, with the Nashville store their premiere location. Davis-Kidd Nashville has been voted "best of" in polls by media outlets year after year, even after it was bought in 1998 by Joseph-Beth Booksellers.

Now, J-B is facing bankruptcy and along with several other of their stores, the showcase Nashville Davis-Kidd will be closing. So sad.

This has a big impact on the community, and on local authors. Nashville authors Phyllis Goebbell and Doug Jones, whose true-crime book, A Season of Darkness, will be released on December 7, have been anticipating a gala kickoff autographing at Davis-Kidd on December 9. I'm certain other author events will also be impacted.

I am saddened by this, but it brings to mind a similar sadness when Mill's Bookstore, a Nashville institution for more than 40 years, closed in the late 80s--due in part to competition from the newer, bigger Davis-Kidd.