Vintage Books is turning 50 on February 14th 2025! The store will host an in-store celebration February 14th-16th during store hours. There will be goodies, drawings, and lots of conversation. Write about your memories at the message center and view archival materials. The store invites you! “Please come and join us if you live nearby or …
Vintage Books in Vancouver, WA is the home of wonderful books, amazing staff, and great bookstore cats. Their beloved long-time cat companion, Dickens, passed over the rainbow bridge in May. Maisie had been holding down the feline fort solo. But this month, the store welcomed a new cat from West Columbia Gorge Humane Society— another …
Amy Kane, who owns the bookstore in Haines, the tiny Alaska town where I live, tells everyone that my books, especially the most recent one, Of Bears and Ballots, published June 30, 2020, saved her business during the pandemic, but really, The Bookstore saved me. “Bottom line is without that book we wouldn’t be here,” …
King’s Books in Tacoma had a very competitive Name That Cat Contest with over 210 entries of potential noms de chat for their new bookstore cat. In the end, they decided to name him Herbert, in honor of local literary hero Frank Herbert, author of Dune, born in Tacoma. The winning namer was customer Katy Evans. There were many, many great …
Exciting news from Annie Bloom’s Books in Portland: We’re thrilled to announce that we are being awarded a generous grant by author James Patterson. As you may have noticed, we’ve been using the same outdated DOS-based computers since last millennium. Thanks to the grant, we’ll soon be upgrading to a brand new inventory and point-of-sales …
