Bobzbay Books
@bobzbay.bsky.social
Used, new, & out of print books in the heart of downtown Bloomington, IL. LGBTQ+ owned & operated.
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Posts by Liz! No she will not apologize for posting too many photos of her cats!
https://linktr.ee/bobzbay
Posts by Liz! No she will not apologize for posting too many photos of her cats!
Everything is a lot right now, but at least we have a new bookmark of the month and isn't it perfect.
🖤Thank you Dandy Taylor for this incredible piece of art we get to hand out to everyone, go find Dandy on Patreon
www.patreon.com/dandydullahans & Instagram www.instagram.com/3dullahans/
🖤Thank you Dandy Taylor for this incredible piece of art we get to hand out to everyone, go find Dandy on Patreon
www.patreon.com/dandydullahans & Instagram www.instagram.com/3dullahans/
October 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Everything is a lot right now, but at least we have a new bookmark of the month and isn't it perfect.
🖤Thank you Dandy Taylor for this incredible piece of art we get to hand out to everyone, go find Dandy on Patreon
www.patreon.com/dandydullahans & Instagram www.instagram.com/3dullahans/
🖤Thank you Dandy Taylor for this incredible piece of art we get to hand out to everyone, go find Dandy on Patreon
www.patreon.com/dandydullahans & Instagram www.instagram.com/3dullahans/
📚 Our newsletter is hot off the presses (hot off my fingertips?). Anyways, I have obviously used all of my brain power to get this out.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
📚 Our newsletter is hot off the presses (hot off my fingertips?). Anyways, I have obviously used all of my brain power to get this out.
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Chuck Tingle announced their new book the day I’m wearing my Love is Real shirt, this timeline is great sometimes!
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September 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Chuck Tingle announced their new book the day I’m wearing my Love is Real shirt, this timeline is great sometimes!
Pre-order: bobzbay.square.site/product/fabb...
Pre-order: bobzbay.square.site/product/fabb...
Getting snail mail is fun! Send a card to a pal!
Maybe you don’t need to be in constant communication with everyone all of the time. 🙃
(If you ask at checkout, we’ll even throw in a postage stamp for free - saves you a trip to the post office!)
Maybe you don’t need to be in constant communication with everyone all of the time. 🙃
(If you ask at checkout, we’ll even throw in a postage stamp for free - saves you a trip to the post office!)
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Getting snail mail is fun! Send a card to a pal!
Maybe you don’t need to be in constant communication with everyone all of the time. 🙃
(If you ask at checkout, we’ll even throw in a postage stamp for free - saves you a trip to the post office!)
Maybe you don’t need to be in constant communication with everyone all of the time. 🙃
(If you ask at checkout, we’ll even throw in a postage stamp for free - saves you a trip to the post office!)
Downtown Bloomington is already getting into the Halloween spirit! 👻
Pics from our bookstore, exquisite piercing, & rooted studios plant shop.
Pics from our bookstore, exquisite piercing, & rooted studios plant shop.
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Downtown Bloomington is already getting into the Halloween spirit! 👻
Pics from our bookstore, exquisite piercing, & rooted studios plant shop.
Pics from our bookstore, exquisite piercing, & rooted studios plant shop.
I only have one tub of used books to price 🙌
The tub in question:
The tub in question:
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I only have one tub of used books to price 🙌
The tub in question:
The tub in question:
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Newsletter snooze-letter*, it’s the updated BOBZBLOG.
*I subscribe to many great newsletters ❤️
Newsletter snooze-letter*, it’s the updated BOBZBLOG.
*I subscribe to many great newsletters ❤️
September 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Newsletter snooze-letter*, it’s the updated BOBZBLOG.
*I subscribe to many great newsletters ❤️
Newsletter snooze-letter*, it’s the updated BOBZBLOG.
*I subscribe to many great newsletters ❤️
A new baby has entered the Bobzbay household. Meet Chairry.
August 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A new baby has entered the Bobzbay household. Meet Chairry.
📚The BobzBlog is updated, newsletter subscribers got this in their email a few moments ago but it's also here: bobzbay.square.site/s/stories/8825
Updates include:
✨New bookmark of the month from Katie Heubi
📚 Bookstore Romance Day (tomorrow!)
✨ Books staff wants you to consume (aka staff picks)
Updates include:
✨New bookmark of the month from Katie Heubi
📚 Bookstore Romance Day (tomorrow!)
✨ Books staff wants you to consume (aka staff picks)
August 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
📚The BobzBlog is updated, newsletter subscribers got this in their email a few moments ago but it's also here: bobzbay.square.site/s/stories/8825
Updates include:
✨New bookmark of the month from Katie Heubi
📚 Bookstore Romance Day (tomorrow!)
✨ Books staff wants you to consume (aka staff picks)
Updates include:
✨New bookmark of the month from Katie Heubi
📚 Bookstore Romance Day (tomorrow!)
✨ Books staff wants you to consume (aka staff picks)
Romance Bookstore Day is this Saturday, and we have some super fun blind dates to reveal in just a few days. 🤫
@libro.fm is celebrating (and supporting) indie bookstores with an audiobook sale for the next couple weeks, go check it out at www.libro.fm/sale?booksho...
@libro.fm is celebrating (and supporting) indie bookstores with an audiobook sale for the next couple weeks, go check it out at www.libro.fm/sale?booksho...
August 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Romance Bookstore Day is this Saturday, and we have some super fun blind dates to reveal in just a few days. 🤫
@libro.fm is celebrating (and supporting) indie bookstores with an audiobook sale for the next couple weeks, go check it out at www.libro.fm/sale?booksho...
@libro.fm is celebrating (and supporting) indie bookstores with an audiobook sale for the next couple weeks, go check it out at www.libro.fm/sale?booksho...
Today is a profit share day at the shop for LIFE Center for Independent Living (and new release Tuesday!)
LIFE Center for Independent Living advances equality and integration of all persons with disabilities.
(1/3)
LIFE Center for Independent Living advances equality and integration of all persons with disabilities.
(1/3)
July 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today is a profit share day at the shop for LIFE Center for Independent Living (and new release Tuesday!)
LIFE Center for Independent Living advances equality and integration of all persons with disabilities.
(1/3)
LIFE Center for Independent Living advances equality and integration of all persons with disabilities.
(1/3)
Can I get a ✨hell yeah✨?
This is my hardcover kickstarter exclusive but we’ll have paperback copies coming to the shop middle of August, featuring a story from one of our favorites @christopherhawkins.bsky.social !
Excited to see what @frombeyondpress.bsky.social brews up next.
This is my hardcover kickstarter exclusive but we’ll have paperback copies coming to the shop middle of August, featuring a story from one of our favorites @christopherhawkins.bsky.social !
Excited to see what @frombeyondpress.bsky.social brews up next.
July 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Can I get a ✨hell yeah✨?
This is my hardcover kickstarter exclusive but we’ll have paperback copies coming to the shop middle of August, featuring a story from one of our favorites @christopherhawkins.bsky.social !
Excited to see what @frombeyondpress.bsky.social brews up next.
This is my hardcover kickstarter exclusive but we’ll have paperback copies coming to the shop middle of August, featuring a story from one of our favorites @christopherhawkins.bsky.social !
Excited to see what @frombeyondpress.bsky.social brews up next.
The crime & the culprit(s)
July 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The crime & the culprit(s)
In-store book signing w/ @jrdawson.bsky.social, author of one of my favorite non-horror books, The First Bright Thing & the upcoming Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (8/2)
July 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In-store book signing w/ @jrdawson.bsky.social, author of one of my favorite non-horror books, The First Bright Thing & the upcoming Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (8/2)
The events:
Pridefest Pop-up with 2 of my favorite authors for the younger crowd @giagordonwrites.bsky.social & @eecharltontrujillo.bsky.social (7/26)
Pridefest Pop-up with 2 of my favorite authors for the younger crowd @giagordonwrites.bsky.social & @eecharltontrujillo.bsky.social (7/26)
July 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The events:
Pridefest Pop-up with 2 of my favorite authors for the younger crowd @giagordonwrites.bsky.social & @eecharltontrujillo.bsky.social (7/26)
Pridefest Pop-up with 2 of my favorite authors for the younger crowd @giagordonwrites.bsky.social & @eecharltontrujillo.bsky.social (7/26)
A close friend/customer baked 3 dozen cupcakes + 3 trays of brownies for my birthday. Come in and get some free sweets #bloomingtonnormal 💖
July 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A close friend/customer baked 3 dozen cupcakes + 3 trays of brownies for my birthday. Come in and get some free sweets #bloomingtonnormal 💖
To celebrate #MarginsBookselling Month, we have an audiobook credit bundle to give away from @libro.fm, the audiobook retailer that shares profits with local bookstores (like us!)
Tell us your favorite audiobook for a chance to win 3 audiobooks of your choice! We'll announce a winner on 7/15!
Tell us your favorite audiobook for a chance to win 3 audiobooks of your choice! We'll announce a winner on 7/15!
July 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
To celebrate #MarginsBookselling Month, we have an audiobook credit bundle to give away from @libro.fm, the audiobook retailer that shares profits with local bookstores (like us!)
Tell us your favorite audiobook for a chance to win 3 audiobooks of your choice! We'll announce a winner on 7/15!
Tell us your favorite audiobook for a chance to win 3 audiobooks of your choice! We'll announce a winner on 7/15!
It's been awhile since I've shared a cat photo. Here's Bonnie. Bonnie loves to lay like a dead bug.
July 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It's been awhile since I've shared a cat photo. Here's Bonnie. Bonnie loves to lay like a dead bug.
Front door to the shop isn’t opening, and this is the shirt everyone sees me wearing when they walk by 👍
July 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Front door to the shop isn’t opening, and this is the shirt everyone sees me wearing when they walk by 👍
Pricing lots and lots of books today, trying to clear out the hallway aka long closet.
I know some places are having sales this week, we aren’t ☺️
Margins are thin for indie bookstores and I’d rather pay my employees a living wage instead of go to space & having an obnoxious Venice wedding.
I know some places are having sales this week, we aren’t ☺️
Margins are thin for indie bookstores and I’d rather pay my employees a living wage instead of go to space & having an obnoxious Venice wedding.
July 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Pricing lots and lots of books today, trying to clear out the hallway aka long closet.
I know some places are having sales this week, we aren’t ☺️
Margins are thin for indie bookstores and I’d rather pay my employees a living wage instead of go to space & having an obnoxious Venice wedding.
I know some places are having sales this week, we aren’t ☺️
Margins are thin for indie bookstores and I’d rather pay my employees a living wage instead of go to space & having an obnoxious Venice wedding.
Happy July!
We've got a new bookmark of the month from the incredibly talented Janean Baird (@turquoisetangles.bsky.social), today is a profit share day for Not Alone Notes (10% of all purchases in-store or online on 7/1 get donated to them), AND our Disability Pride Month display is up.
We've got a new bookmark of the month from the incredibly talented Janean Baird (@turquoisetangles.bsky.social), today is a profit share day for Not Alone Notes (10% of all purchases in-store or online on 7/1 get donated to them), AND our Disability Pride Month display is up.
July 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy July!
We've got a new bookmark of the month from the incredibly talented Janean Baird (@turquoisetangles.bsky.social), today is a profit share day for Not Alone Notes (10% of all purchases in-store or online on 7/1 get donated to them), AND our Disability Pride Month display is up.
We've got a new bookmark of the month from the incredibly talented Janean Baird (@turquoisetangles.bsky.social), today is a profit share day for Not Alone Notes (10% of all purchases in-store or online on 7/1 get donated to them), AND our Disability Pride Month display is up.
This is creeping up on my TBR, but you can preorder now from Bobzbay and get some sweet swag.
(Today is a good day to preorder since it’s a profit share day for the Bloomington-Normal branch of PFLAG!)
bobzbay.square.site/product/brea...
@poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social
(Today is a good day to preorder since it’s a profit share day for the Bloomington-Normal branch of PFLAG!)
bobzbay.square.site/product/brea...
@poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is creeping up on my TBR, but you can preorder now from Bobzbay and get some sweet swag.
(Today is a good day to preorder since it’s a profit share day for the Bloomington-Normal branch of PFLAG!)
bobzbay.square.site/product/brea...
@poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social
(Today is a good day to preorder since it’s a profit share day for the Bloomington-Normal branch of PFLAG!)
bobzbay.square.site/product/brea...
@poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social
Our copies of Enter the Peerless have ARRIVED! Do not miss out on this incredible book, there are visuals that will not leave your mind. This is such a GOOD story.
June 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our copies of Enter the Peerless have ARRIVED! Do not miss out on this incredible book, there are visuals that will not leave your mind. This is such a GOOD story.
The BobzBlog is updated bobzbay.square.site/s/stories ...go check it out!
A couple highlights:
- Introducing our newest bookseller
- Bobzbay Books staff CONSUMES
- Upcoming events (including free book day which is 6/14)
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A couple highlights:
- Introducing our newest bookseller
- Bobzbay Books staff CONSUMES
- Upcoming events (including free book day which is 6/14)
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June 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The BobzBlog is updated bobzbay.square.site/s/stories ...go check it out!
A couple highlights:
- Introducing our newest bookseller
- Bobzbay Books staff CONSUMES
- Upcoming events (including free book day which is 6/14)
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A couple highlights:
- Introducing our newest bookseller
- Bobzbay Books staff CONSUMES
- Upcoming events (including free book day which is 6/14)
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Slightly better than our break room view…
June 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Slightly better than our break room view…