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The popular Downtown Boone bookstore Foggy Pine Books will be closing its doors according to a Facebook post from the store.

Indie Bookstore Saved by Hilarious Super Bowl Ad, Thanks to Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert Mar 9, 2021 Legendary quarterback Tom Brady might have taken home his seventh Super Bowl ring this past February, but arguably the biggest winner of the night wasn’t even in the game. The honor goes instead to a small, independent bookstore in Boone, North Carolina, who, with the help of  The Late Night Show host Stephen Colbert and some heavyweight Hollywood talent was thrown a hail-Mary pass that might just help keep the struggling shop from having to close its doors. Buying Super Bowl advertising ...

How an endorsement from Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert saved a small bookstore TODAY 3/4/2021 Elyse Pham Before last month's Super Bowl, Foggy Pine Books was one of the thousands of small, locally owned businesses floundering amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nestled in the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, the bookstore had calculated that it needed to sell a minimum of 1,350 books per month to stay open. In January, it had sold 836. Thanks to a gift from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — along with some help from Tom Hanks — that changed in an instant. Super Bo...