We'll bring the books to you
Although our doors are closed, we are still going to try and do our best to get books into your hands. We can still take orders over the phone (906-786-0751), by email, or via our inquiry form on our website.
We're still working on updating our inventory, but you can browse the latest version of our inventory spreadsheet (some errors probable!) by visiting this page on our website. You're also welcome, as always, to just call or email and ask if we have something in.
For payment, we can accept credit and debit card payment over the phone.
For delivery, a couple of options:
For books we already have in stock, or for books that we order for you normally (we send out a bulk order roughly every Saturday, and it arrives at our store roughly the following Thursday), we can deliver them directly to your doorstep if you live in the greater Escanaba-Gladstone-Rapid River-Bark River area. We're happy to offer this type of delivery for free, if it gives you one less excuse to leave your house
For those outside the area, or simply for those who might want their book a little quicker, for a $3 shipping fee, we can have a book you ordered shipped directly to you via the US Postal Service.
Maybe a broadcast of the Canterbury reading passages from our favorite books in the near future?
Certainly, the internet is already full of amusements for everyone, but if I get stir-crazy while doing inventory by myself in an empty store, I might break out the old microphone and start reading passages from some of our favorite books, as much for my own amusement as any else's. For those interested in tuning in, we'll give everyone at least an hour's notice via email and Facebook. And we'll probably just broadcast audio and no video, to go gentle on our overworked internet tubes. But during these unusual times, it seems like another good way of bringing books into people's lives.