Turtle Creeks Books to Close; College to Transition to Online Retailer
by Frannie Knaggs, Round Table – September 23, 2019
On July 16, the Beloit Daily News reported that Turtle Creek Books, the Beloit College Bookstore located at 444 E. Grand Avenue in downtown Beloit, will be closing at the end of the academic year. Since 2000,
Turtle Creek Books was managed by Barnes & Noble, while the building that housed it was rented by Beloit College. For the Fall 2020 semester, the college will be moving course books and supply kits online through the virtual college bookstore Akadémos.
“When Beloit College first moved its bookstore downtown in 2000, it was part of an effort to rejuvenate downtown Beloit,” the college said in a statement sent to the Beloit Daily News.
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