The Vermont Book Shop

Way beats shopping online! So many interesting titles to discover here that I never would have found otherwise. Especially wonderful books with local connections. Not to mention the gifts and cards. And, I always run into a friend here! Can't do that on Amazon.

What's not to like? Nicely curated selection for browsing, and it's easy to order anything they don't already have. Local delivery during the pandemic a huge plus!

Looked for a book that wasn't available in The Netherlands (or elsewhere in Europe or the UK). Found it online on the website of this bookshop. Had very friendly contact with the staff by e-mail who kindly helped me to get through the online ordening, took their time to look for the options that were possible and were great in making it possible to ship it overseas. Friendly and good service and many thanks to them.

As the state slowly started to reopen, we called to see if they have resumed in-person visits. They said yes, but they just closed when we called. So we tried again on a different day as Amazon is taking 2 weeks+ for most items....this time they told us they have NOT resumed in-store shopping yet and acted very annoyed, assuming we’d just want to “browse”. (Would’ve appreciated if they’d mention it on the phone.) Wanted to pick up some supplies as we used to live in places with much better selections, I guess this bookstore is not the answer.

Bought the latest Discworld novel here close to 10 years ago and I remember the kind staff and the over all warm atmosphere of this shop. Fun to see that they are still open and doing well.