# @dmregister on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dal2pUjjNS5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67629163-dmregister-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T00:00:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

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For much of its 20-year existence, Beaverdale Books’ popularity has conflicted with its size.

The bookstore, nestled among other small businesses, occupied a space barely equivalent to a small corner of a sprawling Barnes & Noble.

Beaverdale Books has doubled its sales floor this summer, taking over a neighboring law office and readying the space for a new children’s book section and a party, scheduled for July 11, to celebrate the start of its third decade. 

The store has persisted through the rise of Amazon and e-readers and the COVID-19 pandemic to enjoy a current wave of independent bookstore popularity that is encouraging rapid growth in the number of stores nationwide.

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