Welcome to the Otherworld

Welcome to the Otherworld

From the Author's Desk

People WANT to read your book(s)—and this bookstore wants to carry them!

It's the start of a new season, a new shopping spree among bookworms gathering for winter, and a surge of new opportunities for small indie booksellers (like me!)

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Nikki Auberkett
Oct 10, 2025
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If you’ve been wondering, “Where did BumbleBooks go?” The answer is both harrowing and hopeful:

I—as in, my bookstore which I currently operate on my own—didn’t actually go anywhere.

I was forced to relocate, and in more ways than one.

When I started this business, it was with the passion of an indie author who saw (and still sees) the huge gaps where brid…

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