Christmas in October. or Early November

Although Halloween is still just a few days away, it is time to start thinking about Christmas.  Most of the new Christmas books for both children and adults are already out, although many places might not have them prominently displayed.  In fact, we already have a few ourselves that we won't put out until after Halloween.  We still have a few children's books for Halloween we want ti try and sell, first.  We have always had a great selection of children's Christmas books.  Every year, we would have a selection of older ones we still like mixed in with some new ones.  We have had a few problems over the years.  Last year, we had many special orders for a new tree shaped book that had a musical chip in it that played a song.  While we probably shouldn't have, we tested out the books to make sure they worked.  Not all of them did, even after we changed the batteries out (this was mostly done to books that were already being picked up).  We wound up having to return many of them, and hope to get replacement books that worked in time for Christmas.  Things worked out, but we aren't thinking about getting more musical books this time around.  There aren't any new ones anyway, that we can confirm.  Check our social media pages for pictures very soon.  Until next time, have a good Halloween.

Eighteen Years and . . .

This past weekend was the eighteenth anniversary of opening Booknotes.  Unlike many of the past years, we did nothing to celebrate the event.  Normally, we would have at least had a sale, but this year we didn't.  In fact, because the date fell on a Sunday, when we are usually closed, we did not even feel like doing anything special.  The past year has not been that good of one for us.  We weren't able to have any huge events these last few months, although there is an extremely small chance we could get Adrianna Trigianni back for her new book next month.  We haven't been able order new books as frequently as we would like to, either.  We are just not getting enough special orders anymore to do so on the same schedule we once did.  Just recently, Google announced that it was ending its social media platform Google +.  It was our first presence online, but we never were to really exploit the possibilities as we should have.  Our presence will continue there, even though we have removed some on the links to it on our site.  Truth be told, we are not sure how much longer we will be able to keep the store open.  We will be here through the end of the year, but we don't now how much longer after that.  We will continue as long as we can, as we are this area's only independent book store.  We greatly appreciate all of our customers support, and we hope to do so as long as we can.  See you in two weeks.

They Say It's Your Anniversary

Although this isn't our usual week to place a post, it would be remiss of us not to mention that it is our anniversary coming up.  On October 7, 2000, Booknotes opened for business.  It has been an unusual eighteen years, but it has been a pleasure.  In next week's full post, we will talk about what has been and what to expect from us in the future.  See you then.