Rural-Bookstores-Destinations

A Vacationer's Guide
to Rural New England
Bookstores

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My Favorite 25 Bookstores in New England

In my book, A Vacationer's Guide to Rural New England Bookstores, I describe what the bookstores are like, the kind of books they offer, where they are located, why I like them and much more. Here, you can click over to their websites and get a quick look for yourself. If corrections arise for the book, they will be posted here until the next edition is published. Many of the bookstores are "full-service" but some are exclusively used books and others are a mix. Some are more rural than others, but all of them are favorites of mine - and perhaps yours.

Maine Seacoast

Blue Hill Books

Blue Hill ME

http://www.bluehillbooks.com

The Owl & Turtle Bookshop

Camden ME

http://www.owlandturtle.com

Sherman’s Books

Boothbay Harbor ME

http://www.shermans.com

Wiggle Weigle Books

Biddeford ME (formerly Old Orchard Beach)

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=177716&ac=PHbiz

(This newspaper story tells about the new location)

Annie’s Book Stop

Wells ME

http://www.anniesbookstopwells.com

Berkshires/Pioneer Valley – Mass.

Water Street Books

Williamstown MA

http://www.bkstr.com/Home/10001-10283-1

Hancock Shaker Village

Pittsfield MA

http://www.hancockshakervillage.org/accounts/28/homepage

The Montague Bookmill

Montague MA

http://www.montaguebookmill.com

Odyssey Bookshop

South Hadley MA

http://www.odysseybks.com/index.html

Massachusetts - North Shore

Andover Bookstore

Andover MA

http://andoverbookstore.com

One-Day-Bookstore-Tour (MA)

Jabberwocky Bookshop – Newburyport MA

www.jabberwocky.booksense.com.

The Bookstore of Gloucester – Gloucester MA

www.gloucesterbooks.com

Toad Hall Bookstore – Rockport MA

www.toadhallbooks.org

Manchester By the Book – Manchester-by-the-Sea MA
http://www.biblio.com/bookstores/Manchboo.html

Massachusetts - Cape Cod

Where the Sidewalk Ends
Chatham MA
http://www.booksonthecape.com

Southern Vermont

Misty Valley Books

Chester VT

http://www.mvbooks.com

Village Square Booksellers

Bellows Falls

http://www.villagesquarebooks.com

Northshire Bookstore

Manchester VT

http://www.northshire.com

One-Day-Bookstore-Tour (VT)

The Book Shed – Benson VT

www.thebookshed.com

Hermit Hills Books – Poultney VT

www.hermithillbooks.com

Bulwagga Books – Whiting VT

www.middlebury.net/bulwagga

Seasoned Bookseller – Rochester VT

www.seasonedbooks.com

My most recent "One-Day-Bookstore-Tour" to these four bookshops
was Saturday, April 24, 2010. It was a glorious, sunny day, and I had
a chance to re-visit these four shops, plus a few others, with good
results for book-buying.

The original idea, so far as I know, for the One-Day tour, came
from Joe Trenn at The Book Shed. You can read more about
it on hiw website:

http://www.thebookshed.com/vermont_bookstore_tour.php

Thanks Joe!

Northern Vermont

Phoenix Books

Essex Junction VT

http://www.phoenixbooks.biz

Galaxy Bookshop

Hardwick VT

http://www.galaxybookshop.com

White Mountains - New Hampshire

Village Bookstore

Littleton NH