Changing Hands Bookstore Celebrates 45 Years in Tempe

One of Arizona's most beloved independent bookstores celebrated 45 years in business in Tempe last month.

Changing Hands, now located at the intersection of Guadlalupe Road and McClintock Drive, welcomed a large crowd of new and returning customers to mark its 45th anniversary, The Arizona Republic reported.

The bookstore opened April 1, 1974, in a 500-square-foot location on Fifth Street in downtown Tempe. A few years later, it moved to a larger location nearby, on Mill Avenue. The current location opened in the late 1990s.

Changing Hands opened a second location, at Third Avenue and Camelback Road in Phoenix, in 2014. Both locations sell new and used books. To learn more, visit the Changing Hands website.