Established in 1997, BookStacks is a terrific little independent bookstore boasting over 5,000 new book titles, more than 1500 periodicals, and an assortment of greeting cards and gifts. BookStacks offers free wireless high speed internet connection 24/7--the signal is strong enough to allow internet users parked outside access even when the store is closed. 

Coffee lovers enjoy sitting in the sunny bay window and sipping what BookStacks calls its "pretty good coffee." 

We're Back to Winter Hours Starting... Now!
Monday through Saturday 9 to 6, Sunday's 9 to 4, but we're open Thursdays till 8.

 
    What's Happening at BookStacks?  
   

They Call it Black Friday,
But you can call it just Awesome!
20% OFF
All Books, Cards & Gifts
This Friday, Nov. 25, 9 to 6,
at BookStacks.

Sale does not include gift certificates, special orders, or cats.  But you knew that.

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Some Thoughts from Andy:

I recently finished reading a manuscipt copy of a young adult novel due out the middle of January: The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green.  It blew me away.  Written in the voice of a 16 year old girl named Hazel, who has terminal cancer.  This is one YA novel that will cross over to the adult side of the store, it's so good. 
I go to  three Maine cancer conferences every year with a load of books on the subject, so I see a good number of people fighting the fight and living in a place I can only attempt to imagine.  I have a ton of respect for these people, the ones who are in the midst of it, the survivors,  the caregivers, and the ones who lost somebody.  I'm sure they don't care about my respect, they just want to be not sick.  And that's what Hazel's story so brilliantly proclaims. 
Cancer's bad enough without hitting kids;  it's an old-guy disease, and has no business trying to wreck a life barely launched.  And Hazel tells her story without ever hitting me over the head with this, and her voice is spot-on teenager, albeit a very well-read, articulate teenager, and no that's NOT an oxymoron;  I've actually heard a teenager utter a polysylabic sentence... at least I'm pretty sure I have.  Hazel says her lungs "suck at being lungs."

I want to write a lot more about this book because I am so overwhelmed by it, and especially by this girl.  I feel like I know her, and I care a LOT about her.  I think she's our next Holden Caulfield.
 
   
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    The BookStacks Reading Group  
    BookClub at BookStacks - at BookStacks, the second Thursday of the month, at 6:30.  
    BookStacks has many of the titles discussed and reviewed on Bookwaves, a radio show carried by our friends at WERU. Click here to find out more about Bookwaves 2010  
   
indie bound

Why shop Indie?
When you shop at an independently owned business, your entire community benefits:
The Economy

  • Spend $100 at a local and $68 of that stays in your community. Spend the same $100 at a national chain, and your community only sees $43.
  • Local businesses create higher-paying jobs for our neighbors.
  • More of your taxes are reinvested in your community--where they belong.
 
    Videos We Would Like To Share  
    Student Video ‘Gotta Keep Reading’ inspires nation - In a powerful example of how online social networking, youth exuberance, and digital media can combine to affect a nation, students at Florida’s Ocoee Middle School created a video called “Gotta Keep Reading,” an infectious message that has “gone viral” and inspired other schools and big-name TV stars to endorse reading as a path to success.
 
   

Another reason to keep your shopping local? Your carbon footprint. The average box that arrives at a bookstore contains 24 books, compared to 50% of the boxes leaving an internet retailer's warehouse with just a single title enclosed. This entertaining, 1940's newsreel-style video from Duke University and The Regulator Bookshop in North Carolina highlights the ecological impact of shopping locally.

 
   
 
    Friends of BookStacks  
   
Bittersweet Gift Shop - Local store with Mainemade items & holiday collectibles ~207-469-5971
Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce - area resources
Bucksport Chimney Sweep - ~ 54 Broadway, Bucksport, ME ~ 207-469-7932
Bucksport.maine.2010 - this almost daily blog documents life in bucksport, maine throughout 2010. the intent is that each image be the message. some images document an event, some represent our town and others are ones i simply like. ENJOY!
Five Elements Gallery ~ PO Box 45 ~ Vinalhaven, ME ~ 04863 ~ 207- 863-2262
Friends of Maine Seabird Islands - New Map Highlights Seabird Nesting Islands on Maine Coast
Fort Knox Inn - Walk Across the street from us and you will be there
Heavenly Socks Yarns - 82 Main Street, Belfast, ME 04915 ~ 207-338-8388
Island Pool & Spa - Verona Island, Maine ~ 207-469-6004
Left Bank Books - Searsport, Maine ~ 207-548-6400
MagPie's Pet Whimsies - Our newest addition to Main Street!
Maine Supernatural - is dedicated to researching Unsolved Murder Mysteries from Maine.
Mike Bunker Comedy - Local Standup Comedian
Northeast Historic Film: A Moving Image Archive Specializing in Northern New England
Sign Language Graphics and Signs - Bucksport, Maine 207-469-6300
Silkweeds - Beautiful Country Primitives in Searsport, Maine 207-548-6501
Sheehans Florists and Gifts - our next door neighbor!
Sundial Framing and Photography - Bucksport, Maine 207-469-6060
Riverbend Players is a group of enthusiasts from the local area who enjoy live theatre, music, comedy, and all other aspects of performing and producing entertainment for the community that is intended for people of all ages.
Rosen's - Wonderful Clothing Store on Main Street, in Bucksport!
Stephanie Tourles - Local Author and friend of BookStacks
Ted Bastien's Bugsport's Tribute to BookStacks
Wahl's Dairy Port - best ice cream on the coast!
WERU FM Community Radio 89.9 Blue Hill & 102.9 Bangor
Williams Pond Lodge ~ 327 Williams Pond Road Bucksport, ME ~ Phone:207-460-6064
 
 
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