Just in Case

Just in case you were wondering when I was going to say something else on the blogspot...well, I thought I would add something today. Sorry, i have been using the Website for Annies for my blogging. I get the strangest requests for books some days. They will call on the phone and ask for some title, and I go looking for it to see if maybe we have it, and as I am searching, they are telling me that it has been out of print for 30 years! Whatt??!! Once in a while, we might have something like that, if its a classic or something, but seriously...we are just a small store, not a warehouse. Those people should come and visit us and see what a great store it is.

On the Move

I am doing some rearranging in the store to make room for a new book case which will be housing the trade size books, which are increasingly popular. So the next time you drop in, if your genre is not where it used to be, please ask any one of us to help you locate it.

Thanks to one thoughtful customer who reads true crime, we now have our true crime section fully stocked again. We only ask that you return your books to us when you are done reading them. Recycle, recycle, recycle. But recycle in our store in Waltham...thanks

Who Has Books?

Hi. I haven't blogged for a while now. I have been busy updating our new website at www.Anniesbookswaltham.com . Please visit us there as well. The summer is almost over, certainly the days at the beach reading a great romance or thriller sitting in the sun. But you can still sit in a park, still warm days to enjoy the sun and a great read. In New England you have to take em where you can get em.
So many of the great stories you have read are being turned into movies, and so many of my customers have noticed that the book is always so much better than the movie. there is a reason for that. There is so much more that can be told in a book than they could ever produce on the big screen, details, insight, characters thoughts etc. the movie-goers think that they got the whole story....and they are so wrong. If you saw a movie that you liked, why not come in and find the book and get the whole story. You will be surprised.

Thank You To all

I just want to say a special thank you to all who have visited my new website and have actually returned books we are looking for. the Website is www.AnniesbooksWaltham.com. This is where you can learn what we are looking for and thankfully some of you are logging on and actually returning some of the books we are looking for for our customers. A special thank you for the ones who returned the Harry Potter books. We now have in our shopping center a Plaster Fun Time, which is bringing in a lot of children. We are now noticing that our childrens section is growing. If you have childrens books that are no longer being read, and are gently used, please return them to us for credit. We are still looking for the Harry Potters, #5,6,7. We have a several people bring back 1-4. Children of all ages are interested in this series, and they are always being accepted at Annies in Waltham.
We are still looking for all true crime books. Where are they? Please all you gory readers, return after you read these.

New Annie's Web Site!!!

Hello Annie's Fans. We now have our own website where you can get all the latest specials, and other information about our store in Waltham. Please go to our new website and put it in your favorites so that you don't miss a thing! www.Anniesbookswaltham.com

March Madness

Its been a heck of a winter, but spring is almost here, hopefully! And just before we usher in spring, we have St. Patricks Day. That's right. A little green, before everything turns green.

Annie's has some St Patty's Day earrings for you, also a few light up necklaces, in case you party in the PM. Shamrock pins, and few other festive items. Irish books, of course, too. Come in and check out what else is new.

We also have a new neighbor, "Plaster Fun Time". Drop the kids to do their crafts, and browse our shop.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Everyone is Irish on March 17!!!!

Valentine's Day

We now have Valentine's Day jewelry in stock, inexpensive for all the people on your loved one's list. Do you have a girlfriend, co-worker, friend, who you would like to express kindness to on Valentine's Day? We have just the thing. Special beaded earrings, pierced, red hearts, turquoise hearts, pink hearts. Many small gift items for you to choose from in addition to giving them a really great romance novel. Come in and browse through our romance section. We are sure you will find a great romance for the love of your life.
Those of you who know me, know that I am more of a thriller, suspense, mystery reader, but hey, even Stone Barrington and Alex Cross have love interests. That's cool. So if your love interest is into mysteries, there is always a little love in every book. Come in and ask what we have. See you soon.

Stephanie Meyers Twilight Series

Hello all of you Stephanie Meyers readers. Whats up with you not bringing back those novels? Do you know how many people are asking for them? We have people waiting for them. These are the 2008 Harry Potter's. Everyone wants to read them, and no one is giving them up. Please, when you finish them, return them to Annies in Waltham. We will find them good homes.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!

I just want to wish everyone out there a happy new year. The economy can't get much worse, and we have "hope" coming 1/20/09. We are still in business, and doing well thanks to all of you. Thank you for supporting our business. Please let me know if you are looking for a particular book and we will try to find it for you. Its good to get back to basics and read to escape. Escape, escape, escape!

LAST MINUTE IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS

I would like to give everyone the gift of "Time" this year for Christmas. We never have enough of it and so many of you are so deserving of it. That's a tall order for Santa to fill. I would like to make some of your gift giving easier this year. I am now offering from now until Christmas our beautiful Hidden Secrets book covers at a special price so that now you can please two people on your gift list. Buy one at $11.99 and recieve the second one 1/2 off ($6.00). All are in mass market size. We have many attractive designs to choose from. Come in and take a look.
We also have Gift Certificates, and many one of a kind items of jewelry, scarves, and knickknacks. All are reasonably priced.
If you know a book lover and want to give the perfect gift, come in and buy them some books. All of our stock is in excellent condition, and in this economy, your book lover will not care if you bought used. Just think! You can buy them twice the amount of books for the same price.

Christmas Gifts and Stocking Stuffers

With Christmas right around the corner, Santa's elves working furiously to make those stocking stuffers, inexpensive gifts, etc. for your loved ones, Annie's Book Stop in Waltham is your GIFT CENTRAL LOCATION. We have beaded bookmarks, beaded key chains, coil bracelets, necklaces, thumb rings, bookmarks, scarves which are crocheted by myself, both winter and fun fur, novelty beaded Christmas earrings which are so unique you will want 5 pairs for you, and 10 pairs for gifts. Inexpensive? Yes!!! Did you ever think you could get your reading fix, and shop for friends at the same store? Please stop in and see what else you can buy for less money than anywhere else. And don't forget... when you can't seem to make that final decision----Gift Certificates in any denomination you choose. Let them make the final decision

Early Christmas Shoppers Alert

If you are looking for a great Christmas present for your book lover, we have a special deal for the whole month of November for you. When you spend $20.00 cash at our store in Waltham, you will be entitled to select a Hidden Secrets bookcover at 10% off. Currently our bookcovers sell for $11.99, well below what you can purchase them for from the manufacturer. We also have several other gift items that are well within your tight budgets in this poor economy. So hurry in and start saving.

The attractive covers protect your reading privacy, which lets you enjoy your book without listening to someone make comments or tell you about it.
The soft foam lining makes book holding easier. This feature is especially popular among readers with multiple sclerosis, arthritis, or other conditions that make holdling a book difficult.
Each cover has a hook & loop closure to keep your book closed while in your handbag or briefcase. No more mangled book pages when you are commuting or traveling, and the colorful ribbon bookmark even keeps your place.
The covers protect your book from water splashes and wet hands, which makes them perfect for when you are by the pool, at the beach, or boating.
The wide variety of patterns combined with the modest price makes these covers the perfect gift for anyone who loves to read, no matter what their reading interests.

Hidden Secrets Book Covers

We are an official distributor of Hidden Secrets Book Covers. These are a wonderful gift for yourself or others. They are foam lined, complete with a ribbon to hold your place, and guard against other people seeing what you are reading. They make your reading material soft to the touch, protect your books from spills, and other damage, and you don't lose your place with the attached ribbon. We sell them for $11.99, mass market size. We will also do special orders for the premium size ($9.99) and the trade size. Come in and inquire.

FINAL SALE!!!!! Good News, Bad News

We are having a sale on Trade Size Nora Roberts books. This will be a final sale, non-returnable set of two books by Nora for the unbelievable price of $6.00!!!! These are specially selected, wrapped with pink ribbon. That is well below the price of a single mass market size. Hurry in and get yours before they are all gone. That's the good news, now the bad news.

As of September 25, 2008, we will no longer accept Nora Roberts Trade Size books for credit, hence the sale, however we still accept her mass market size if our stock needs them. In addition, we no longer take in trade size Anthologies.

Just a note on the trade size paperbacks and the problems they can create for us. Our store was designed for mass market paperbacks, all of our bookshelves were designed to hold mass market size paperbacks, and we really are doing our best to accomodate the best of the trade size, but please understand that we are just a small store with not a lot of room for everything. Even these new size premium paperbacks, the ones that are a little larger, and cost $9.99 retail have a hard time fitting on our shelves.

Please come in and browse around our store. We have many gift items, one of a kind, fun fur scarves, beaded earrings, beaded bracelets, beaded necklaces, beaded keychains, beaded bookmarks, other bookmarks, book lights, and many other gift items. You never know what you might find at Annie's in Waltham.

A Word About Trade Size Books

In January of 2008 we implemented a new credit policy for trade size books. These are the larger size books which run from $10.95 to $24.95 jacket price. We have limited space to shelve these larger books, and they receive a larger credit. So, in order to accomodate these books, when you return them, you must spend that credit on trade size books.
I tell people "If they are coming in, they must go out". A few years ago books came in paperback and hardcover. Now, the publishers first put them in hardcover, then trade size, then the new "premium" size then the regular size. What is a small used book store to do?
My shop was designed to hold only the regular size paperback books on the shelves, and we are doing our best to accomodate these other sizes. So please make a note for yourselves that when you return trade size books for credit you need to spend the credit you receive on the trade size books. You cannot spend that credit on regular size.
Annie's Book Stop in Waltham is the only Annie's which still allows you to spend all your credit on your visit. All of the other Annie's have adopted a policy of only being allowed to spend half your credit.
I hope that you will spread the word about Annie's in Waltham. Tell your book reading friends. We don't advertise, so word of mouth is the only way we can get new customers.

NO TAX DAY-YEAH!!! NO TAX DAY-YEAH!!!

This coming Saturday and Sunday August 16th and 17th we will be having another tax free weekend. That means an extra 5% that you will save on your reading material. Don't forget-at Annie's you already save 50% on books, so that's 55% for this weekend only!!!

When you visit us next time, please take a moment to look around at all the gift items we are offering. Since my last blog update of letting you know we have original beaded earrings, made by Joanne Salvato, we now have stretchy beaded bracelets, stretchy beaded anklet bracelets, stretchy thumb/toe rings, and stretchy beaded necklaces, these stretchy jewelry items are so simple to put on and take off. I personally love them, no clasps to fidget with. I will be adding more jewelry items in the coming months. We also have lotions, fun fur scarves (also handmade), bookmarks, discount earrings, and some one of a kind gift items. Don't forget all of the artwork is original, made by Joanne Salvato(owner) and for sale which hangs on our walls.

Strapped for cash? You need to shop Annie's!! We have discount bins for books,
.50 and 1.00, you can't beat that!

I just want to mention that if you are shopping for books in the supermarkets, I have noticed lately that there are a lot of reprinted older books for sale, you might think they are new, and you will be paying full price for them, when actually they are older books, and they are available at our shop for 1/2 price. So check the dates of publishing. You might have bought it new at the supermarket, but we already have it, and probably too many of them, and so won't accept it for trade in.

HERE'S A FEW BOOKS WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR

Some of you are wondering why in the world we don't take your books on any particular day, and I hope this clears it up. If we have about 10 copies of a certain title, we have a tendency to not want eleven, given that we are just a small store and have issues of storage. That being said, we do have several authors that people tend to buy over and over. Go figure! I won't list all of the authors and titles, but will just list a few for now. Also within these authors, there are titles that we don't need. OK Here we go:
David Baldacci - Camel Club, Christmas Train, Collectors, Hour Game, Saving Faith, Simple Truth, Total Control, Winner, Wish you Well, Simple Genius
Maeve Binchy - Copper Beech,Firefly Summer,London Transport, Quentins,Silver Wedding, This Year Will Be Different, Whitethorn Woods
Michael Connelly - Angels Flight(We have none), Black Ice(none), Black Echo,Concrete Blonde, Darkness More than Night, Echo Park, Last Coyote, Narrows, Overlook,Trunk Music, Void Moon
Nelson Demille - By the Rivers of Babylon, Cathedral,Charm School, Gold Coast, Lion's Game, Mayday, Talbot Odyssey, Wildfire
John Grisham - The Firm, and The Partner,Bleachers, Brethren, Skipping Christmas,Street Lawyer, Summons, Time to Kill, Innocent Man
James Patterson - currently our most popular author, 1st to Die, 2nd Chance, 5th Horseman, Black Friday, Cradle and All, Kiss the Girls, Maximum Ride(Schools out Forever), and Maximum Ride (Angel Experiment), Miracle on the 17th Green, Pop Goes the Weasel, Quickie, Season of the Machete, Thomas Berryman Number, Violets are Blue, 6th Target
Nora Roberts - #1 Romance Author, but we are overwhelmed with some titles. We do need: Black Rose, Blue Smoke, Born in Fire, Born in Ice, Born in Shame, Brazen Virtue, Captivated, Captive Star, Carolina Moon, Charmed and Enchanted, Chesapeake Blue, Considering Kate, Cordina's Crown Jewel, Dance Upon the Air, Daring to Dream, Enchanted, Engaging the Enemy, Entranced, Face the Fire, Finding the Dream, From the Heart, From this Day, Genuine Lies, The Gift, Going Home, Heart of the Sea, Heaven and Earth, Hidden Riches,Honest Illusions,Irish Hearts, Jewels of the Sun,Lawless, Less of a Stranger, MacGregor Grooms, MacGregors Rovert and Cybil, Montana Sky, Perfect Neighbor, Private Scandals, Public Secrets, The Reef,Rivers End, Secret Star, Skin Deep. Spellbound, Stanislaski Sisters, Sullivans Woman, Tears of the Moon, Untamed, The Villa, Winning Hand and of course the new ones, Blood Brothers, and the Hollow.
Stuart Woods - OMG! Where are all the older ones? Chiefs, Dark Harbor, Dead Eyes, Dead in the Water, Deep Lie Fresh Disasters, Grass Roots, Heat, Imperfect Strangers, LA Times, New York Dead, Orchid Beach,Palindrome, Run Before the Wind, Santa Fe Rules, Under the Lake, White Cargo, Short Straw, and the new one Shoot Him if He Runs.
Those are some of the authors we do save regularly because of their popularity, Also looking for Janet Evanovitch's One for the Money, and Two for the Dough, Hot Six.
We also would like you to search your bookshelves for your True Crime, and your biographies, in paperback only please. We have enough Ann Rule, but there are a lot more true crimes out there - Let's recycle!!

NEW STUFF!!!

Ok. Here's the deal. I have found a new outlet for all my frustrations and you are able to cash in on it. We now have original designed beaded earrings, made by guess who? Me. They are really unique and very pretty. Drop earrings, beaded, each one an original. They will keep on being created, and we also offer other earrings at a super discount price. We have patriotic earrings, and Flag pins. all at super prices. All this and the whole store is full of exciting books for you to read all summer!!! Don't forget we are still offering a 20% discount on all Nora Roberts Trade size books in addition to our usual 1/2 off until the end of June. Who knows what I will put on sale for July?

Rewards for Our Best Customers!!!!!

Some of you are really taking advantage of our reward program for our Best of the Best Customers!!! Maybe you haven't heard of it yet. Some of you will never get there but lots of you are continuing to get your Gift Certificates for $20.00. Here's how it works: Every time you spend $25.00 cash or charge in our store in Waltham, you get a Loyalty card, and a special stamp. When you fill the card with stamps you receive a complimentary Gift Certificate for $20.00 which you can use for anything we sell in the store. This reward program has no expiration date, so you can join in at any time. For all of you who are using our reward program THANK YOU!!!!! To all the rest of you, please continue shopping with us, we appreciate your business.

Steeple Hill Inspirational Romance

Hello Annies's fans. If you are a regular you will be able to cash in on this months special. From now until the end of May, you will recieve an additional 10% off of "Steeple Hill" Inspirational Romance titles. Wonderful romances which will inspire you. just mention our blog advertisement and enjoy your 10% off. What can I say about the rest of you who don't sign in regularly? I guess you are missing out on additional savings on something you might buy anyway. The weather is crappy. Should we really have to put the heat on in May????? I am waiting for the good weather to be able to sit outside and read a book in the sun without being blown away by northeast winds. How about you?