Downtown blessed with new bookseller
I work in downtown Chattanooga and often take walks at lunch. The other day I walked down Broad Street toward the Tennessee Aquarium, taking in the various holiday decorations and enjoying the warm weather. I passed by a new independent bookseller on the corner of Broad and 4th- Rock Point Books. Their grand opening was earlier this week. Welcome to the neighborhood!
I love bookstores, especially independent booksellers who work hard to fit into their surroundings and be a part of the community. It was so nice to walk into their spacious store and browse the shelves. Rock Point Books has plenty of displays of local and Southern writers and their event calendar is packed with appearances by many of those authors. And they serve Chattz coffee, another Chattanooga favorite.
Parents, if your children are into the Captain Underpants series, then take them down to the store for a pyjama party on Saturday, December 2nd, 10 am for a reading.
If you are downtown and looking to support our Chattanooga merchants, check out Rock Point Books. There are 24 shopping days left until Christmas.
December 16th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
[...] Before going home we checked out the new independent bookseller on the corner of 4th and Broad streets. Alli did a nice write up a couple weeks ago about Rock Point Books. Both Pamela and I concur with her when she says that “it was so nice to walk into their spacious store and browse the shelves.” Rock Point stands in stark contrast to the big chain booksellers, where I feel so overwhelmed by the mounds of books and endless aisles that I never feel like lingering. At those places I just get what I came for and leave. While a smaller store may have less selection, what you find is that the selections are better. Best sellers still abouded, but every other title felt as it had been carefully chosen and displayed with loving care. We found three or four books a piece that we wanted, making sure that the other took mental notes. Christmas is just around the corner, you know! [...]