My whole life is Seinfeld references lately. A guy just came into the bookstore with a big puffy coat like George's and immediately knocked several books off a display. I had to go in the back for a second to pull myself together. Glad he didn't break anything.
#bookstorelife
Ethical felony: Parents who send their unaccompanied small children into the bookstore 3 minutes before closing so they can stay at the restaurant next door and drink. 😂 😭
#bookstorelife
So if you came to an event, brought a friend, rolled some dice, bought a book, partnered with us, or just stopped by to hang out -- thank you.
Thank you for going on this journey with us.
We’re just getting started.
#TheSecretLantern #CedarParkTX #CommunitySpace #BookstoreLife #GameNight
Top of the morning from Hyde Park, the most #bookish neighborhood in Chicago.
📍 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637
#BookSky #ReaderSky #BookstoreLife
Guy on the phone: Do you have the new edition of Infinite Jest?
Me: We do, and did we just become best friends?!
#bookstorelife
#bookstorelife for real. I have been privileged to work with some of the best in the biz for over 20 years, and booksellers rock so much harder than your AI algorithm ever will.
Shout out to the guy who was flabbergasted that the bookstore doesn’t have a copy of Mein Kampf in the original German in stock. (Also, do I need to be worried about you, bro?)
#bookstorelife
Dude just absolutely gobsmacked we don’t have a copy of The Shining in stock. I mean, blown away. Like how do we even call ourselves a bookstore. 😅
#bookstorelife
Guy: Do you have a copy of the new Kiran Desai?
Me: Hmmm I don’t think that’s out yet.
Guy: Oh shoot I thought it came out the 23rd.
Me (finding release date): Yep that’s right.
Guy:
Me:
Guy (full earnestness): Ohhhh it’s not the 23rd yet is it?
Me: ‘fraid not.
😂
#bookstorelife
May we all live our lives with the self-assuredness of the fella who strode confidently into the bookstore tonight and asked if we had "a book called Fahrenheit four-fifty-TWO"
#soclose
#sequel?
#bookstorelife
Guy: I need to return this book
Me: Ok, what’s the reason for the return?
Guy: My kid didn’t like it.
Me: Oh, um, well this book looks like it’s been read several times.
Guy: Oh yeah. I guess so. So can I return it?
🙄
#bookstorelife
#dobetterhumans
Hope everybody is having a happy Wednesday!!! We're having the time of our lives here at Heisenbooks, always getting new finds in. #heisenbooks #bookstore #bookstorelife #booktok #books
The lesson: Don’t say stupid shit to a bookseller. They may not remember your name, but they’ll remember you!
#bookstorelife
apparently I just sold a copy of Franny and Zooey to a very pleasant Tik Tok star named meatrocket99 and had absolutely no idea #bookstorelife
Top 5 worst questions you can overhear from a parent at the bookstore: “Did you put all those books back where they belong?”
(Either way, you’re about to have a lot of work on your hands. 😂)
#bookstorelife
During this bookstore shift, I’ve had a long conversation about Percival Everett, handsold Colson Whitehead, and got made fun of for loving Infinite Jest.
Man I love this job.
#books
#bookstorelife
Yes! It happened again!
Customer: Do you have any other books in this series “in the back”?
This always cracks me up. Like “the back” is a magic portal to a warehouse storing every book ever made.
Hmmm…Maybe The Back is my debut novel. 😂
#bookstorelife
Shout out to the person who special ordered, presumably without a hint of irony, “Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon” from the independent bookstore.
😂🤷🏻♂️
#bookstorelife
Fargo-Moorhead friends, save the date! I'll be at the Barnes and Noble in Fargo on Friday, June 6th at 5:00pm for a reading and discussion of The Allure of Elsewhere!
#authorevent
#booksigning
#meettheauthor
#authorevent
#booklaunch
#aboutlastnight
#bookparty
#bookstorelife
#outnow
#tbr
This happens way too often and again just now.
A parent: “I’ll buy you the graphic novel but you have to get a real book too.”
🤬
#bookstorelife
Someone just called the bookstore to order a book titled The Midwives’ Escape, and I could not hold it together. I had to put down the phone for a second to compose myself.
#bookstorelife
We’re closing the books on our most epic Independent Bookstore Day yet.
Thanks for showing up big on Saturday and making the commitment to #shopsmall in support of indies.
Long live #independentbookstores!
#BookSky #ReaderSky #Books
#SupportIndependentBookstores #BookstoreLife #BookstoreLove
Woman: “I read the first two pages of this and didn’t like it so I’d like to return it.”
Me: “Sure, why not?”
My brain: “Effing seriously?THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS.”
#bookstorelife
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the grouchiest, rudest customers will have the biggest issue getting their ApplePay to work and so we both just have to stand there in awkward silence, wishing this moment could be over soon.
#bookstorelife
#tbt IBD of yesteryear 🎥
Independent Bookstore Day happens this year on Saturday, April 26.
Join the great Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, and come have some bookish fun with us!
#BookSky #ReaderSky #ChiLoveBooks #TeamIndie #Bookstores #BookstoreLove #SupportIndependentBookstores #BookstoreLife
Here’s the 311 on Chicago’s Independent Bookstore Day.
🗓️ Saturday, April 26, 2025
#Booksky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #Books #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #ReaderSky #ChiLoveBooks #TeamIndie
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Happy Thursday, Wanderers! The latest post from my Once Upon a Bookshop series is live! In this post: luck, lease negotiations, and floor plans!
#bookstore #bookstorelife #bookstoreowner #bookselling
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Get me to God’s country.
IYKYK.
#Booksky #Readersky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #Books #Bookselling
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📍1501 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637
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The age-old question: do I buy books or stickers?
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