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Unusual Bookstore Signs

Keenebunkport Bookstore sign

The function of a  bookshop sign is to draw attention to the passerby in hopes they will be enticed to enter the store.  These signs use large figures catch your eye and one is a little creepy.

— aprettybook.com

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Save your local brick and mortar Bookstores!
Who: YouWhat: Buy a book (or 4)Where: Your local bookstore When: June 25th (the first Saturday of Summer!)Why: Because we need to support our storefronts. No more obituary section in publishing news, please!

Save your local brick and mortar Bookstores!

Who: You
What: Buy a book (or 4)
Where: Your local bookstore 
When: June 25th (the first Saturday of Summer!)
Why: Because we need to support our storefronts. No more obituary section in publishing news, please!

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“Bookstores help create community for people in the places where they live. People may think they can live online, but in reality they live in real towns and cities, and physical bookstores help to enrich those places.”
— Suzanna Hermans, a bookstore owner.

quotevadis:

“Bookstores help create community for people in the places where they live. People may think they can live online, but in reality they live in real towns and cities, and physical bookstores help to enrich those places.”

— Suzanna Hermans, a bookstore owner.

(via powells)

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