In 1989, they were recognized by the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce as the "1989 Small Business of the Year".

[2] In 1997, the company absorbed 4 Davis-Kidd Booksellers stores in Tennessee in Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, and Jackson.

The Nashville and Memphis locations remained open until 2010 and continued to operate under the Davis-Kidd name.

The Fredericksburg, Virginia Joseph-Beth and the Memphis, Tennessee Davis-Kidd locations were initially sold to a liquidator.

However, Joseph-Beth founder Neil Van Uum was able to purchase the Memphis location with the financial backing of the Memphis landlord from the liquidators and continued to operate the store as The Booksellers at Laurelwood, as the Davis-Kidd name was purchased in the bankruptcy auction.