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Local store unveils mural capturing favorite books through the years

SALISBURY — The South Main Street Book Company may have been in the news of late for things not directly related to books, but on Friday night, the shop formally...

Online trolls are trying to ruin my business. I won’t back down.

Every few years my independent bookstore in Salisbury ends up on a boycott list by a racist Facebook group. In 2020, I agreed that Salisbury’s city council should remove a...

Celebrating One Year with South Main Books

From Downtown Salisbury Inc: Did you know that Downtown Salisbury’s local bookstore has donated over $13,000 worth of books to Little Libraries Rowan just in this past year?! This generosity...

Salisbury Business Donates Thousands of Anti-Racist Titles

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Stocking the free little libraries in Rowan County is not a new concept for a Salisbury business owner. Alissa Reymond is the owner of South Main Book...

South Main Book Company is stocking Little Free Libraries with antiracist titles

SALISBURY — Alissa Redmond began stocking the Free Little Libraries at county schools with books in May as a way to give back to the community who continued to support...

Confederate monument enthusiasts targeted my store—and it comically backfired.

I purchased an independent bookstore in Salisbury, North Carolina just six months ago, after taking leave from my career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State....

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