Community Bookstore

since 1971

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With her.

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On November 14, 1851, the first American edition of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale was published. Pictured here is the iconic 1930 edition with Rockwell Kent illustrations, published by Random House. This copy is for sale on our website or @TerraceBooks. #mobydick (at Terrace Books)

For a thorough rundown of the publication history of Moby Dick, read this piece by John Schulman of Caliban Book Shop.

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Tiny has his own instagram now. He requests your worship: https://instagram.com/tinytheusurper

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On Saturday, we'll have three limited edition posters of Alvin Lustig's book covers courtesy of @ndpublishing. Available for free with your purchase of any two New Directions titles or for sale. #bookstoreday (at Community Bookstore)

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Dana shows Tiny his visage

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Independent Bookstore Day in NYC Saturday, May 2, 2015 / #bookstoredaynyc / #bookstoreday

The first EVER! national holiday for indie bookstores is coming on May 2! 

Over 20 NYC bookstores will be celebrating their first ever national holiday all day long on Saturday, May 2 with special activities, events, author visits, and lots of fun. 

How can you get involved?

Visit your local bookstore! (duh.)

Check out what’s going on at NYC stores; see how many you can visit in one day!

Share pictures, stories, and book stacks with #bookstoredaynyc and #bookstoreday, and we’ll be reposting you from here, all day! And follow us here.

Finish the day off right by coming out to our official Afterparty.

Help out and get in touch! We (the coalition of NYC stores!) can be reached at [email protected].

Join us at our Afterparty! The day will culminate in a celebratory Afterparty at The POWERHOUSE Arena in DUMBO, hosted by Emma Straub (emmastraub), Jami Attenberg (@jamiatt), and Angela Flournoy, with sponsors Tumblr, Book Riot, & Lit Hub, and beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery. Free with RSVP to [email protected].

Massive thanks to illustrator & author Brian Floca for generously creating our fantastic #bookstoredaynyc artwork. Posters and postcards will be available in stores soon!

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Join us for the first ever Independent Bookstore Day!

We’ll have prizes, special guests, exclusive bookstore merch (including a limited number of Alvin Lustig prints courtesy of New Directions (@newdirectionspublishing)), free Sixpoint beer, a kids-only mad scientist extravaganza with Jon Scieszka in the morning, and an evening party featuring Paul Auster, William Corbett, and Felix Harr. Doesn’t that sounds like a good way to spend a Saturday?

And visit our sister store, Terrace Books (@terracebooks) for an evening with poet Matthea Harvey.

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Watching Going Clear tonight on @hbo? We're hosting Lawrence Wright with George Packer on April 28th at Brooklyn By the Book . Details and tickets will be announced tomorrow!

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Thursday, March 19 at 7:30pm Congregation Beth Elohim Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant is an Arthurian tale, mythic and mysterious, a reflection on love, aging, courage, and the rewards and punishments of memory. In the first novel in a decade from the Booker Prize-winning author of ...

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Ishiguro comes to Brooklyn!

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This was a present to the one of the owners of the magnificent Community Bookstore. 

It’s also available as a print on Etsy: here! 

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This one goes out to the booksellers.

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REBLOG if you are ASEXUAL, support ASEXUALS, or are SECRETLY 16 CATS IN A TRENCH COAT

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Art by perilouspaper (genius/former staff member). The angry one in the middle looks like Tiny the Usurper.

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LASERZ 😺😸😸💥💥💥 (at Community Bookstore)

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Multiple choice #couriernew

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Come hang with Ruth Rendell, Daniel Mendelsohn, Honor Moore & Liesl Schillinger at BPL next week

RSVP: http://stoner.splashthat.com

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We understand Tiny so much more thanks to Morrissey’s AUTOBIOGRAPHY. #howsoonisnow

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A family of deer wandered through the store.

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Eula Biss at Community Bookstore, 10/13/14

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Alice McDermott at Community Bookstore, 10/9/14

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Thank you for coming, lastnightsreading!