The Imaginary Bookshop
@imaginarybookshop.bsky.social
Books & curiosities & storytelling! | 365 Main St. Greenfield, MA
Proprietors: @cristadericco.bsky.social & @thesomanybees.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/imaginarybookshop
Proprietors: @cristadericco.bsky.social & @thesomanybees.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/imaginarybookshop
Made a shirt in honor of Small Business Saturday www.bonfire.com/eat-the-rich...
December 1, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Made a shirt in honor of Small Business Saturday www.bonfire.com/eat-the-rich...
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Who wants a heavily-researched story about a guaranteed way to win a legal battle against someone with unimaginable wealth?
escapepod.org/2021/07/29/e...
escapepod.org/2021/07/29/e...
Escape Pod 795: Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right
Vladislav Argyle rested his head on the cool titanium surface of the plaintiff’s table. It dipped a little under the sudden weight of his skull, then hummed as the antigrav lifts adjusted their power…
escapepod.org
November 30, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Who wants a heavily-researched story about a guaranteed way to win a legal battle against someone with unimaginable wealth?
escapepod.org/2021/07/29/e...
escapepod.org/2021/07/29/e...
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Our weekend sales are… substantially lower than last year, and I know we’re not the only indie bookstore that’s struggling this year.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
November 30, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Our weekend sales are… substantially lower than last year, and I know we’re not the only indie bookstore that’s struggling this year.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
Find your local indie and buy something small if you can, 2025 is going to be /a year/ for many of us.
Foolishly decided to do the extremely broad ‘games’ for this month’s book club theme & have now entered decision paralysis.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Foolishly decided to do the extremely broad ‘games’ for this month’s book club theme & have now entered decision paralysis.
Guy: Wow—a bookshop—don’t see those much anymore. No one reads. Decline of society!
Me: Can I help you find something or make a recommendation?
Guy: I don’t buy books, no time.
Me: Can I help you find something or make a recommendation?
Guy: I don’t buy books, no time.
March 8, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Guy: Wow—a bookshop—don’t see those much anymore. No one reads. Decline of society!
Me: Can I help you find something or make a recommendation?
Guy: I don’t buy books, no time.
Me: Can I help you find something or make a recommendation?
Guy: I don’t buy books, no time.
Re-categorizing the comics/graphic novels recently:
Crista: What's the thing where it's fictional, but in the real world?
Maura: Uhh.........I guess we could just call it fiction?
Crista: What's the thing where it's fictional, but in the real world?
Maura: Uhh.........I guess we could just call it fiction?
October 14, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Re-categorizing the comics/graphic novels recently:
Crista: What's the thing where it's fictional, but in the real world?
Maura: Uhh.........I guess we could just call it fiction?
Crista: What's the thing where it's fictional, but in the real world?
Maura: Uhh.........I guess we could just call it fiction?
‘The holidays are coming up, we should make sure to reorder that weird demon book’ just some normal business chat
October 1, 2023 at 1:38 AM
‘The holidays are coming up, we should make sure to reorder that weird demon book’ just some normal business chat
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Just saw someone recommend JUST LIKE HOME to someone seeking "sincere father-daughter stories" and this feels like a very letter of the law situation to me
September 30, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Just saw someone recommend JUST LIKE HOME to someone seeking "sincere father-daughter stories" and this feels like a very letter of the law situation to me
Me: Ah, the afternoon lull, off to pick up my lunch order from the coffee shop on the corner!
*starts writing "back in 2 min. sign*
*3 people come into the shop as if summoned*
*starts writing "back in 2 min. sign*
*3 people come into the shop as if summoned*
September 30, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Me: Ah, the afternoon lull, off to pick up my lunch order from the coffee shop on the corner!
*starts writing "back in 2 min. sign*
*3 people come into the shop as if summoned*
*starts writing "back in 2 min. sign*
*3 people come into the shop as if summoned*
Best part of tonight’s book club was definitely 5 of us getting to explain @chucktingle.bsky.social’s career trajectory to the one person who had never heard of him. Truly joyous.
September 28, 2023 at 3:30 AM
Best part of tonight’s book club was definitely 5 of us getting to explain @chucktingle.bsky.social’s career trajectory to the one person who had never heard of him. Truly joyous.
Customer: *gestures to group* As you can probably tell, most of us are queer.
Obviously we talked about robots
Obviously we talked about robots
September 24, 2023 at 2:08 AM
Customer: *gestures to group* As you can probably tell, most of us are queer.
Obviously we talked about robots
Obviously we talked about robots