Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Sorry, we don’t have one a restroom, you can try the coffee shop across the corner.”
Shelf of books, spines reading left to right: THE ARTIST’S WIFE, THE KITCHEN GOD’S WIFE, THE LOVE WIFE, THE PARIS WIFE, THE PILOT’S WIFE, A RELIABLE WIFE, THE SENATOR’S WIFE, THE SILENT WIFE, THE TIGER’S WIFE, THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, THE TRAITOR’S WIFE, THE WITCH DOCTOR’S WIFE, THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE.
Things you notice when doing inventory in the bookstore.
Chalkboard sign reading "SALE! 20% OFF STOREWIDE FRIDAY-SUNDAY | CLOSED FOR WINTER BREAK 1/5-1/30"
Come by today through Sunday for our BIG SALE! 20% off storewide including already-discounted items. In-store only. We’ll be closing for our winter break beginning 1/5.
Place special orders with us by SATURDAY 12/13 to get them here by 12/24! Shipping and processing may be a little sluggish, and we have weather to think about — so let us know if you have something in mind that we can help you find.
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
The final panel from a 1985 Peanuts comic strip. Marcie says to Peppermint Patty, “We could go into the book store.” Patty replies, “Are you out of your mind?!”
This panel from 1985 never gets old.
A lot of people were out in Greenfield last night. Fun night.
Happy Halloween! For today, we will be matching sales up to $250 with a donation to the Center for Self-Reliance Food Pantry.
Covered a 4-hour shift at @federalstbooks.bsky.social today. In my modestly sized town, we sold out of the Constitution, sold 2 copies of Common Sense, and I lent some packing tape to a guy who needed to repair his inflatable dinosaur.
I think what disappoints me about Banned Books Week is that it's a campaign of bottled awareness that disappears the other 51 weeks of the year. We are supposed to react with shock and dismay when we learn books are banned. What we need are anger and refusal.
Plastic skeleton on shelf holding sign that reads THE HORROR
Plastic skeleton posed seated on top of a bookcase holding a Pride flag
Plastic skeleton sitting on shelf holding sign reading SPOOKY BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK
Plastic skeleton balanced on top of ceiling sign reading SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
It may be Halloween season, but the skeletons are put to work all year round.
Closed for vacation. See you again regular hours beginning 9/24!
Schedule updates! Open 1:30pm Thurs, regular hours Fri/Sat, CLOSED 9/7 - 9/23. Any special/web orders will be processed beginning 9/24. Used book buys and donations paused until 10/1. Thanks for your support! We’ll be back at it regular hours and of course some holiday hours through year-end.
Great to see you! Happy #indiebookstoreday!
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
Here’s where you’ll find our storefront: bookshop.org/shop/federal...
Starting today, get your ebooks from @bookshop-org.bsky.social and support indies! We desperately need to update our Bookshop storefront, but you can search and buy anything there, and those dollars make a big difference for us.
Closed 1/5 - 1/31! You can order while we’re closed via our website for shipping or free Greenfield delivery (no pickups during this period) or shop via @bookshop-org.bsky.social Thanks, and see you Feb 1!
I (Neil) am here until 2 and we’ve got a few copies of THE SERVICEBERRY remaining. Holiday jazz playing in the store. It’s lightly snowing.
We’re here until 4pm today (Sunday) with some great gift ideas! And, open 10-2 on 12/24. We’ll be closed 12/25 and 12/26, open regular/expanded hours Friday - Sunday, closed 12/31 and 1/1.
A small plastic skeleton sitting on a black bookcase wearing a Santa Claus hat. It has a sign reading THE HORROR! displayed on its lap and there is a label reading HORROR on the face of the shelf below its legs.
Best wishes of the season.
Sure, Amazon may be "convenient", but have you ever spent a rainy day perusing a quaint bookstore?
black tabletop Christmas tree with a plastic skeleton resting on top, stocked bookshelves in the background
Open until 7pm today (Friday) — free sticker with purchase. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY our Prize Bin opens up, you choose with a purchase over $30. Sunday 12-4. Please shop downtown when you can!
Well hey! You can find us there : bookshop.org/shop/federal...
Cover of CHER: THE MEMOIR PART ONE by Cher
Cher if you agree.
Very much a fan of books that fit in a hoodie pocket.
Book stack, top-bottom: ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder; WHAT THE CHICKEN KNOWS by Sy Montgomery; TOTO by A. J. Hackwith; AN IMAGE OF MY NAME ENTERS AMERICA by Lucy Ives; WE SHALL BE MONSTERS by Alyssa Wees; SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS by Ed Park; THE TAINTED CUUP by Robert Jackson Bennett; SERVANT OF EARTH by Sarah Hawley; THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES by Julie Leong; THE HURRICANE WARS by Thea Gaunzon; MASQUERADE by Mike Fu; WITCHCRAFT: A GRAPHIC HISTORY by Lindsay Squire; THE COURTING OF BRISTOL KEATS by Mary E. Pearson; DIDION & BABITZ by Lili Anolik.
New arrivals this week!
for the NYTBR, I got to recommend a list of horror books for ween— uh, scaredy-cats. gift link! www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/b...
We are underway!
We're celebrating our 5-year anniversary with a sale 10/11-10/13. Save 25% storewide on new and used books, art supplies, cards, gifts, wrapping paper, and more! We'll also have free stickers, Spooky Blind Date with a Book, and other treats.
