Congratulations to Canadian indie bookseller Mosaic Books in Kelowna, B.C., which celebrated its 50th anniversary on Black Friday. The Daily Courier reported that over the last four years, sales at the bookshop have increased 60%."
"Independent bookstores are having a comeback," said Michael Neill, co-owner with his wife, Michele, and their children, Trevor and Alicia. "The big-box stores and e-books that threatened the industry aren't the threats they once were and people are still reading physical books from fiction, nonfiction, history and biographies to cookbooks, kids' books and bargain books."
Mosaic was launched in 1968 by Rhonda Moss and Wilma Dohler at 1449 St. Paul St., and moved to one other location before Neill purchased the bookshop in 1995 and moved it to 411 Bernard Ave. He also owns and operates Bookmanager, the software system used by more than 350 independent bookstores across North America. The Daily Courier noted that Moss and Mosaic were one of his first Bookmanager clients in 1989.