Interabang Books

Interabang Books, a new full-service, independent bookstore, opened in July 2017 and celebrated the one year anniversary on July 14, 2018. The 5,000 square foot store, at the southeast corner of Preston Road and Royal Lane, carries 12,000+ titles in a variety of categories, with a focus on fiction, children’s books, and creative non-fiction. 

The store features a flexible event space with seating for up to 100 people for book signings and a children’s stage for weekly storytimes and other programs. 

The name Interabang Books comes from an old printmaker’s term. The interabang is a punctuation mark that combines a question mark and an exclamation point in a single symbol. When we were discussing our vision for the store, ‘discovery’ and ‘excitement’ were words that came up again and again. The interabang symbol exemplified our essential idea and captured our imaginations.