Yesterday, West Seattle's newest bookstore, Paper Boat Booksellers, sent out an email to its list yesterday announcing a soft opening date:

After 4 long months we are finally ready to open for business! Please join us on Saturday September 7th as we open our doors and test the waters for a few weeks-this will lead up to an official Grand Opening event towards the end of the month.

They'll also be hosting a reading with novelists Nicole Meier and Jennifer Gold on Friday, September 13th at 6 pm.

Paper Boat is located at 6040 California Ave SW and they'll be open Tues-Sat 10am-7pm and Sun 11am-5pm. They're closed Mondays.