Hearthside Books and Toys is among 20 nominees for USA Today’s 10 best independent bookstores in the U.S. as determined by online voters in the newspaper’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards. The Juneau store was ranked 13th as of last Wednesday, according to a social media post, but as of Tuesday “current rankings are unavailable during the final days of voting,” according to USA Today’s website for the contest. Voting ends at 8 a.m. Monday, June 2. Full article by the Juneau Empire here: Hearthside Books and Toys among 20 contenders in online vote for 10 best independent bookstores in US | Juneau Empire