Calvin Crosby and Betsy Burton at The King's English bookstore in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 7, 2021. Burton is retiring after 44 years and selling her majority share of the store to Crosby. (Photo by Trent Nelson, courtesy of The Salt Lake Tribune.)

Betsy Burton hands over The King's English bookstore to a new owner, after 44 years.

July 04, 2021 by Sean P. Means

Over the last week, a notable change in Salt Lake City’s cultural landscape: Betsy Burton, owner of The King’s English bookstore for the last 44 years, retired and handed over the keys to a new majority owner.

I talked to Burton last month, 74, about selling her store — and to Calvin Crosby, who is moving back to Utah from California to be the new majority owner. Read that discussion at sltrib.com.