The Bookworm, Omaha, Neb., is moving a mile, to quarters in Loveland Centre, a new shopping center, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The Bookworm has been in Countryside Village for 15 years. Owners Phillip and Beth Black told the newspaper they plan to open in the new location at the beginning of October.
The new Bookworm location will be a 6,184-square-foot space on one level in the middle of Loveland Centre, with LED lighting, new bookshelves on casters, a larger storeroom and other amenities. The Bookworm's current location is 6,000 square feet on two levels.
Founded in 1986, the Bookworm has had three locations. Beth Black commented: "This will be our last move."
Incidentally, last Saturday, the Bookworm honored longtime children's bookseller Ellen Scott, who is "semi-retiring" from the store. (She will continue to help out as school liaison.) Scott began her bookselling career in 1978, when she and her mother, Priscilla Wheeler, opened the Bookhouse in Omaha. After a move to Rockbrook, they closed the business in 1996. Scott has managed the Bookworm's children's department since 2001. In retirement, she plans to work in her church library, tutor, work with the Omaha Local Independent Business Alliance and enjoy more time with friends.
