This Saturday!

 

Dog Ears Books will be open 

from 11 a.m. (or earlier) 

until (at least) 5 p.m.

Come see what's new 

since your last visit.

It Doesn’t Get Much More Local Than This

From author Norbert Bufka, we have, from left to right:

North Unity and Bohemian Settlement, $12.95

News from the Neighborhood: Good Harbor Michigan 1875-1931, $9.95

Good Harbor Michigan: The Story and the People, 1850-1931, $14.95

From Bohemia to Good Harbor, $13.95

We Remember Lost Places in Leelanau, $14.95

Bookstore Plan for the Remainder of June

Please note: The space for leaving comments looks different on this blog suddenly, and I am unable to leave or reply to a comment. The answer to Dawn's question (in the one comment visible below) is that I am happy to take and fill mail orders. Thank you!

(1) Each Monday I’ll process new book orders. (Many ordered yesterday are on back-order, due to current demand.) Get your title or list of titles to me by Saturday, please. The phone at the shop is working, and I'll be in most days for a few hours to check messages. E-mail or Facebook messages also work.

(2) As requested books arrive, I’ll notify customers who can then come by the shop for pickup. 

(3) Customers picking up special orders may also shop books in stock. 

(4) I will not, however, be open for general walk-in traffic this month. We'll see how July looks when we're closer to it.

Recap: If you let me know what you want me to order by Saturday, I’ll place my order on Monday and generally will have books by the end of the same week – unless you ask for something that is in high demand and currently out-of-stock at the distributor warehouse.

One more note: Please do not bring boxes of donations, as you can see from the photo above that we are overstocked with used books at present and will soon have to find room for new books, as well. And there is a lot of cleaning to do before the OPEN flag can go out.

Thank you for your loyalty and your patience. Stay safe, everyone!

CLOSED FOR THE WINTER!

Yes, Dog Ears Books is closed for the winter, so that your aging bookseller in Northport can avail herself of "seasonal retirement," but we will be back in the spring. Meanwhile, we urge friends in Leelanau to buy and order books from Leelanau Books in Leland, Bay Books in Suttons Bay, and the Cottage Bookshop in Glen Arbor. And wherever you travel during the winter, please shop independent bookstores! Your purchases keep alive these places you love to visit!

And now, we wish all of our friends and customers and visitors and browsers happy holidays and a safe and healthy winter!

Leading Up to Indie Day

First and last prose books from Jim Harrison

The official date for Independent Bookstore Day in the United States (second annual) is this coming Saturday, April 30. I have all kinds of wonderful books in stock -- new, used, new ones just in, used ones newly arrived -- but I want to feature just a few on this post. No explanation necessary for the Harrison feature, I trust. 

My other featured fiction this week, leading up to Saturday, is L. E. Kimball's Seasonal Roads. You can follow the link to read my review on Books in Northport. 

Nonfiction feature will be the book from my previous post here on Northport Bookstore News, The Trails of M-22.

Featured children's books are one from just down the street, Flight of Megizzewas, and three from Kalamazoo -- The Flying Pie Book; The Best Bet Pet Book; and The Wings and Things Airplane Book.