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Old 01-20-2010, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Nebraska
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I used to travel all over the United States and Canada in the trucking business. Anytime I had spare time I would explore on my motorcycle (I owned my own truck) and bookstores were one of my main destinations. As I sit here typing this I am trying to recall some of the humorous names of different bookstores that I saw over the years. Chain store names like Borders, Barnes & Noble etc don't show much imagination. I would pass them by to explore the shelves of a store with a name like:
Yellowed Pages
Tattered Pages
Little Shop Around The Corner (from YOU'VE GOT MAIL)

What are some of the names of bookstores that really attracted your attention?

GL2
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Old 01-20-2010, 08:53 AM
 
Location: Colorado
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We used to have a High Crimes in Boulder but they had to close and are now an online store only. No prizes for guessing what genre they sold. The Bookcase in Minnesota as well as Bound To Be Read (another one that had to close) in St Paul were, I thought, great names for a bookstore.
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Old 01-20-2010, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I went into a bookstore in London named "The Bookie Joint."
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:21 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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In St. John's, Newfoundland, the main book store downtown uses the slogan "Dicks and Company, Limited, at the sign of the book", referring to the shape of their outdoor sign. Local people call it "Books and company limited . . ." and let the listener fill in the ribald conclusion in his own imagination.

This is real---here's a link to prove it (the store closed in 1993):

"Having expanded into the selling of books as well, in 1892 Dicks and Company's well-known "Sign of the Book" first appeared."

http://www.dacnl.com/about.html (broken link)

Ketabcha, there's also a "Bookie Joint" in Traverse City, Michigan.

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Old 01-21-2010, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Way up north :-)
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"Better Read Than Dead" in inner-city Sydney.

"Gleebooks" in the suburb of Glebe, Sydney. Not really amusing in itself, but I like the sound of the name.
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Old 01-21-2010, 03:29 PM
 
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Thanks for shattering the stereotype. I doubt if many people picture a long distance truck driver, with the screenname of gunlover, being a book fan.

"Buy The Book", I think it's in Austin TX
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Old 01-21-2010, 03:53 PM
 
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"The Bookie"--nickname for all college bookstores at all of Washington State University campuses...of course, there's no substitute for the one in Pullman.
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Way up north :-)
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Thanks for shattering the stereotype. I doubt if many people picture a long distance truck driver, with the screenname of gunlover, being a book fan.
Not to hijack or anything, but just wanted to mention I've known many well-read, book-lovin' gun-totin' truckers in my time.
Now me, I cant drive a truck!
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Old 01-22-2010, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Nebraska
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Thanks for shattering the stereotype. I doubt if many people picture a long distance truck driver, with the screenname of gunlover, being a book fan.

"Buy The Book", I think it's in Austin TX
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GolfGod,
Actually a lot of long haul drivers read. I always tried to trade books and Audio books with other drivers and various waitresses in truck stops I visited regularly. In some of the truck stops the waitresses preferred books over cash as tips. At one time a Danielle Steele best seller would guarantee a piece of pie with ice cream on the house. You can't beat a deal like that.

GL2
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