10/03/2025
IMPORTANT STORE ANNOUNCEMENT
After much consideration, a great deal of sadness, and every other emotion, I must officially announce that I am closing the bookstore.
Making this post is long overdue, and I have written it a hundred different ways in my mind over the last few months. I wanted to find all the right words and the information I thought people would want, until I finally just accepted that trying to do it that way was too much. It was too big, and the weight of that task was more than my heart could handle so I am pulling off the band aid as it were.
I do not have a set "end date" at this time. Right now the plan is to be closed some time in November.
Effective immediately:
• We will be closed on Tuesdays.
• We will no longer be accepting book donations, trades, or special orders.
• If you’ve already placed and paid for a book order, it will still be fulfilled. If it is a preorder releasing after November, it will be canceled and refunded.
• Please come in to use any remaining in-store credit or gift cards while you can.
There are multiple reasons why the store is closing. The one thing I would like to say on this is that the bookstore is NOT closing because "no one is reading anymore, bookstores are a dying breed, everything is electronic, etc". Bookstores have made a comeback all across the country. Many are thriving. Digital book sales have been declining for years. People are absolutely still buying books in print. NONE of those things are why the store is closing. Please do not come in to the shop to tell us this. It is simply not true.
I know there are many questions that were not answered and I know many of you will be saddened by this news and will wish to express your feelings about it, but I hope you will understand that I am turning off commenting for this post. I do deeply apologize for that, and I hope you all understand. For now, this particular post is solely for the purpose of sharing this information.
Thank you. It has been a joy getting to know you, building this community of readers, and sharing a love of reading with you. You all have no idea how much it means to me. I am grateful for each and every one of you who have supported this store over the last three years.