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BonnettsBooksThere's an upcoming <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Netflix</a> doc abt murderous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vampires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vampires</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DaytonOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaytonOhio</a> in the '90s. "Vampires of Gem City" claims <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DaytonOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaytonOH</a> is home to the 2nd largest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VampireCoven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VampireCoven</a> in the U.S., outside N'awlins. A defunct <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goth</a> club–Asylum–was allegedly vamp HQ. I went a few times…cool club; not my jam. I've friends who were regs & now have Sanctuary parties in a similar "vein." I know the investigator—sold him occult books.Strange days.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImWithKolchak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImWithKolchak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GemCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GemCity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookSellerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookSellerLife</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mastodonbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mastodonbooks</a>

BonnettsBooks6/21/24 — Welcome to Summer. Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please. This old bookrack – frail, but still in use – is in the earliest photos from the shop. 80+ year old retailer bookshelves. I've never really stopped to appreciate them in this aspect. Through the years, we've lost a few to wear and this one's fading. There are 5 more still in use, thankfully in better condition.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BonnettsBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BonnettsBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DaytonOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaytonOhio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrickAndMortar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrickAndMortar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UsedBookStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UsedBookStore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BooksellerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksellerLife</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mastodonbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mastodonbooks</a>

BonnettsBooks2/22/24 – Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.Two very interesting books from a pile of new arrivals. Are they Philosophy? Writing? Sociology? I love the challenge of shelving cross-topic books. I'll probably put them in Science... Or, just let them float around the tables for a bit and see who finds them first. 😉<a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BonnettsBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BonnettsBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/DaytonOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaytonOhio</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BrickAndMortar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrickAndMortar</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/UsedBookStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UsedBookStore</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/RichardDawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RichardDawkins</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BooksDoFurnishALife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksDoFurnishALife</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/StevenPinker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StevenPinker</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/TheStuffOfThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStuffOfThought</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BooksellerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksellerLife</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

BonnettsBooks2/13/24 — Happy Birthday, Grandma! Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.The ancestors are always near. Grandma Ruth Bonnett reminds me to straighten things up. The shop was her space. While Grandpa Harold was visiting publishers, Grandma kept the store in order, for almost 60 years.Color inset photo by Walter Bonnett, in the shop, ca. early-1980s.<a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BonnettsBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BonnettsBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/DaytonOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaytonOhio</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BrickAndMortar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrickAndMortar</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/UsedBookStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UsedBookStore</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/WorldsOldestComicShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldsOldestComicShop</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BookStoreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookStoreLife</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BookSellerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookSellerLife</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Allyson Shaw“I was once a bookseller…Deep down I’m still that young woman standing all day in knee supports, working on Xmas, taking home the uneaten sandwiches from the cafe, and sighing into PA with breathless abandon, please take your final selections to the till.” New free read up at my Substack. <a href="https://allysonshaw.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-booksellers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://allysonshaw.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-booksellers</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/booksellers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksellers</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookshop</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookshops</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BooksellerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksellerLife</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indie</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Debut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debut</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingLife</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a>

Books & Ink BookshopPlease back this petition to reinstate Kate Greenaway's name on our beloved award for illustration: <a href="https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-the-kate-greenaway-medal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-the-kate-greenaway-medal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KateGreenaway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KateGreenaway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Carnegie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carnegie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bibliophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bibliophiles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BooksellerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksellerLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CILIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CILIP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

BonnettsBooksThis is the view inside the door of our shed, impaled by an SUV a week ago. Despite the seeming carnage, I've already salvaged quite a few nice things from this mess. Stay tuned to see what I find!7/10/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.<a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BookSellerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookSellerLife</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/DaytonOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaytonOhio</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/UsedBookStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UsedBookStore</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Danie Ware 💙📚🎲🐾Lovely people, I have a skirt on today, first time in several years. Am fully anticipating shock and horror from my work colleagues <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookseller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookseller</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksellerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksellerlife</a>

Danie Ware 💙📚🎲🐾In better news, the bus driver let me on for gratis because my Oyster Card wouldn’t beep. Nice thing after a LONG day <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookseller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookseller</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksellerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksellerlife</a>

Danie Ware 💙📚🎲🐾Another crazybusy day, queueing ten deep at the tills all afternoon. Am oddly enjoying it, tho’, the sheer energy of it. Very different to sitting in an office, fielding customers on Twitter who want to know where little Bobbi’s lightsaber is, and eating pots of Celebrations <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookseller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookseller</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksellerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksellerlife</a>

S L StanleyToday I got to pick my dream picturebook collection for a school library with £1500 to spend. My heart is singing for the children who will discover them <a href="https://mas.to/tags/booksellerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksellerlife</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#school</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/booksmatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksmatter</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/readingkids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readingkids</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/picturebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#picturebooks</a>

S L StanleyToday I touched books at least 900 times whilst processing them and yes of course I sniffed them all. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/booksellerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksellerlife</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/childrensbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#childrensbooks</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookpeople</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookfolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookfolk</a>

Nelson Rare Books<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> - I’m Doug. A rare bookseller of forgotten, lost, and obscure very long 19th century British and some American works, gothic, chapbooks, street literature. Not a scholar but love history of the book trade. I’m also (still) a lawyer during the day. Like surfing, fishing, and chasing my 3 year old around. <a href="https://mstdn.social/@antiquarian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@antiquarian</a> on Musk’s hellscape.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rarebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rarebooks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookcollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookcollector</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/antiquarianbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiquarianbooks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oldbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldbooks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/specialcollections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#specialcollections</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookcollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookcollecting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/booksellerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksellerlife</a>

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