They plan to hire around eight employees for the Austintown store, and they have a total of nine employees between their two existing locations.
The Hillards will make use of that extra space by devoting the front half of the store to Leana's Books and the back half to Bargain Book Stuff. Last year the Hillards also launched Bargain Book Stuff, which sells overstock and remaindered titles at deep discounts.Īt 10,000 square feet., the new Austintown store will be much larger than the other two locations Hermitage is 3,500 sq. Leana's Books sells general-interest titles for all ages, with the stores' most popular categories being children's books, YA and adult fiction. Owners Leana and Vince Hillard will start moving into the new location in June and are eyeing an August 1 opening date. Leana's Books and More, an independent bookstore with locations in western Pennsylvania, in Hermitage and Grove City, will expand to nearby Austintown, Ohio, this summer, the Business Journal reported.