You Can't Judge a Book Store by It's Coffee Shop
T.T. is having trouble locating a great independent book, so I have to plug my favorite. In Denver we always shop the Tattered Cover, and they will ship anywhere! Check out the website:
They are also part of Book Sense--a cooperative group of independently owned and operated book stores operating throughout the country.
For the location of the bookstore with Book Sense nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE or look for the Book Sense logo (pictured)when shopping in town or online.
In the big-box stores, the shelf space is more valuable than the books, but in Book Sense stores the customer is Queen!
So, dear readers, (If there are any...) log in and plug your favorite independent
posted by MrsVegasBabe @ 8:34 AM
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I love the Tattered Cover too, but the Kings English in Salt Lake was also very nice. There is a really great one in downtown Seattle too, but I can't remember the name.
Loved the King's English this summer--Stac used to talk about it a ton, but I had never been... And, they helped me get over my big-box books addiction, 'cause they offer a teachers' discount just like the chains...
I don't need a coffee bar anyway!
Now, if they had a sushi bar... that would be my kind of bookstore.
Eat the yucky mess!
-VB
That Book Sense website is pretty cool. I'm going to have to check out the King's English. If you're ever in Pasadena, Vroman's is pretty cool. And Powell's bookstore in Portland is reason enough to visit that city.
Alas, the Book Sense store in my town went under. Course the end began when one of the owners left to go work at the King's English. I'll have to go visit her there sometime soon. If anyone is looking to open an independent store, I can tell you the town to do it in.
In Seattle? Check out Elliott Bay Book Co in the Pioneer Square District:www.elliottbaybook.com
-VB
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