Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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
Sunday, November 2, 2008
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.
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.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
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.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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.
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.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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!!
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!!
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