Realtors talk about location, location, location, but with booksellers, it’s local, local, local! Bookstore owners explain that local books are their bread and butter, and being able to have a new crop of them every year is a lifeline
If you’re a reader, then you know there’s nothing like the delicious feeling of falling into a great book, staying up way past your bedtime to spend more time in a different world with characters and experiences far removed from your own.
From mystery and romance novels to history and coffee-table photography books, nature and travel guides to children’s classics, local bookstores offer a great selection of books in which you can learn more about the Outer Banks or get the feeling that you’re here … even when you’re not.
During the COVID-19 quarantines, many people were saved from the madness of social isolation by a bookseller. During the COVID-19 quarantines, many people were saved from the madness of social isolation by a bookseller.
our ship sank, the plane crashed, you took a wrong turn on the kiteboard – whatever happened, the travel plan failed you, and now you’re stuck on a deserted island. As a glass-half-full type of person, I’m seeing nothing but unlimited beach time.
There’s little as relaxing as having a good book stuffed with paper pages to sink your mind into while stretched out in a lounge chair or on a beach towel.
For those who love to read, a cozy, well-stocked, independent bookstore is just about Nirvana. Fortunately for readers, the Outer Banks has seven such bookstores strung at convenient distances from Corolla to Ocracoke.