{"id":133331,"date":"2026-01-22T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/133331\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:29:15","slug":"update-lioness-books-plans-to-open-a-leander-storefront-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/133331\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Lioness Books plans to open a Leander storefront this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionessbookstx.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lioness Books<\/a>, a Williamson County-based mobile bookstore, is looking to open a brick-and-mortar in Old Town Leander later this year, said owner Sarah Ambrus.<\/p>\n<p>The new Leander location was initially set to open by the end of 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/cedar-park-far-northwest-austin\/business\/2025\/06\/22\/mobile-bookstore-lioness-books-eyes-brick-and-mortar-location-in-leander\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to previous Community Impact reporting,<\/a> but is now expected to serve readers by the end of March, Ambrus said.<\/p>\n<p>What they offer<\/p>\n<p>The mobile store offers a range of titles, as well as a selection of physical books, audiobooks and rare and collectible books, available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionessbookstx.com\/book-store\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its online store. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lioness Books also buys used books from individuals. Those interested can fill out a form on the website.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>The mobile bookstore currently operates throughout the Austin area, with a mission to promote literacy, support nonprofit organizations, make reading accessible and foster community, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionessbookstx.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to its website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>After opening, Lioness Books will continue operating the mobile bookstore for readers in the Austin area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lioness Books, a Williamson County-based mobile bookstore, is looking to open a brick-and-mortar in Old Town Leander later&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3946,57011,132,15540,134,133,57009,3104,55513,750,11283,3287,57007,57008,29996,57010,57012,325],"class_list":["post-133331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-accessibility","tag-audiobooks","tag-austin","tag-austin-area","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-book-truck","tag-books","tag-bookstore","tag-coming-soon","tag-leander","tag-literacy","tag-mobile-bookstore","tag-moblie","tag-new-opening","tag-online-store","tag-selling-books","tag-small-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}