I have big news at Watermark. I have found new owners, Brandy and Ben Bowen. They are locals who feel as strongly as I do that we should have an independent bookstore in town. I am confident that they are the right people to take on the responsibility–and the challenge–of keeping Watermark at the heart …
Have you dreamed of owning a bookstore? Would you love to work with books and become a vital part of the stimulating and supportive community of Anacortes? Are you the next owner of Watermark Book Company? After 35 years of bookselling, I have decided it’s time to retire and pursue other passions. My husband Norman …
Anacortes bookseller Patti Pattee informs us that her town has murals of its “famous” residents all over the place, but that local artist Christine Olsen has, “added a whole new element.” Pattee should know. One of these elements lives on the side of her bookstore, Watermark Book Co. The Bookworm Sasquatch went up in August, featuring—this …
Watermark Book Company (Anacortes WA) and its owner Patti Pattee are pleased to announce the opening of a mini-store within the current bookstore that’s devoted to the sale of used eBooks. Called ReBook, the store features a number of collectible items. “We’ve got some rare first editions, a number of out-of-print titles, even a few autographed …
We learned today from Shelf Awareness, one of our favorite sources for information about the book industry, that Patti Pattee, owner and bookseller extraordinaire at Watermark Books in Anacortes, Washington, won the Award for Grossest Smoothie Ever! from Chronicle Books, the publisher of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series. Chronicle featured the contest at the …
