When Sabrina Caldwell and her family moved to New Braunfels in 2009, she said they would spend every Friday night at Hastings, a CD, video game and bookstore chain, that was located in the New Braunfels Marketplace on Business I-35.
Amarillo-based Hastings Entertainment filed for bankruptcy in 2016, closing all of its locations, leaving New Braunfels without a bookstore.
“Then there was nothing. So I went back [to school], finished my degree in education, and I was going to be a teacher.” Caldwell said. “After I graduated I was like, ‘No, I don’t think I want to do that,’ so I opened this.”
The Book Haus opened in 2018, initially in a smaller location within the Walnut Business Center. Caldwell relocated to its location on West Hwy. 46 in 2020. The Book Haus holds children’s story time readings—typically on Tuesday mornings—and hosts other community events such as a back-to-school backpack drive earlier this fall. Featured authors speaking events and Lone Star Writers Roundup events are also held at the shop.
