Asha Sanaker has managed Buffalo Street Books (215 N. Cayuga St.) for almost three years. Cooperatively run by nearly 700 members of the community, BSB offers the best selection of new books in downtown Ithaca. Go and take a look around M-F 10-7 and Su 12-5. For more information, visit www.buffalostreetbooks.com.
What do you love about downtown Ithaca? The incredible diversity of local options for gifts and services. You really can do all your holiday shopping on foot, see friends everywhere you turn, and then get delicious food to reward yourself when you’re done.
Why should someone shop in your store this holiday season? Our staff are friendly and passionate about books. We pay a livable wage and work extensively with the schools and libraries to encourage literacy throughout Tompkins County.
What is your favorite holiday tradition in Ithaca? When Santa rappels down to the Commons from the roof of Center Ithaca.
Buffalo Street Books Celebrates Small Business Saturday & Indies First
Stop by Buffalo Street Books on Nov. 28 for Small Business Saturday. Â BSB will be participating in a national effort, Indies First, encouraging shoppers to shop at their local independent bookstore this holiday season. Â
From 1-3 PM four great local authors will be in the store handselling their favorite books to customers. Â Come down and talk to them about their own books and what they and you should be reading and gifting this holiday season.
Meet the following local authors:
Bob Proehl: Gilded Palace of Sin, A Hundred Thousand Worlds (releasing nationally Spring 2016)
Megan Shull: Yours Truly, Skye's the Limit, Amazing Grace, The Swap
Leslie Daniels: Â Cleaning Nabokov's House
J. Robert Lennon: Â See You In Paradise, Pieces for the Left Hand, Familiar, Castle