The Bookstore Plus
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📚We’re a second generation indie bookstore in Lake Placid NY - the heart of the Adirondack Mountains 📚Founded in 1972 📚Order online or give us a call!
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Hello! We are an independent, second-generation, family-owned bookstore. My mom, Nancy Beattie launched the business in 1973, opening a music and art store; four years later she bought an existing bookshop and formed The Bookstore Plus. Today my husband, Marc and I run the store together!
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Staff pick Saturday! Bookstore owner Marc recently read and LOVED Jess Walter's newest novel, SO FAR GONE.

ABOUT THE BOOK| "A reclusive journalist is suddenly thrown into a wild, suspenseful journey to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren."
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Lynn Painter's newest book, FAKE SKATING, is on our shelves! Get crafty with a DIY bow bookmark that's as swoonworthy as your favorite rom-com trope! 🎀
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ATTENTION LOCAL BOOKCLUBS! DID YOU KNOW?! We offer 10% off paperbacks and 20% off hardcovers for your members. To get the discount, let us know when you are checking out that you are buying for your book club.

Let us know what your group is reading & we can have the books available in the store
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We are pleased to host author Joan O’Leary with The Innovation Hub at Northwood School for a book signing and conversation with Amy Spicer on Thursday, October 9, 2025, from 6-8 PM at The Innovation Hub to discuss her novel, “A Killer Wedding”.

Registration for the event: luma.com/84gbpuki
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Stop by The Bookstore Plus, September 15, to take part in the celebrations on DOT DAY! Stop by today to “MAKE YOUR MARK” on our storefront window and sidewalk!

Copies of "THE DOT" and "ISH" by Peter Reynolds are available in store or online on our website!
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Elisa's newest staff pick is THE HOUNDING by Xenobe Purvis.

She describes it as "a haunting tale that takes place in a small English village in the 18th century. The village is convinced that a family of 5 sisters turn into dogs!"

Grab your copy in store or on our website at thebookstoreplus.com
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The Bookstore Plus is pleased to host author and illustrator, Caitlin Friebel, for a book signing event on Saturday, August 30th, from 3-5 PM to autograph copies of her book "OCTOBER IS HAVING A PARTY”.
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We had a special surprise the other day. We met the wonderful children's author, Andrea Beaty! Thanks so much for stopping in to see us! You can find her children's books, IGGY PECK AND THE MYSTERIOUS MANSION, SOFIA VALDEZ AND THE VANISHING VOTE, and more in our children's section of the store.
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Diego Fuego was spotted in the wild by Katie Mazeika @kdmaz.bsky.social at The Bookstore Plus @bookstoreplus.bsky.social in Lake Placid, NY! Thank you for sharing Katie!!! @phonemova.bsky.social
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On Tuesday, September 2nd, at 7:00 P.M. we will talk with Kate Messner, in person, to discuss her New York Times and USA Today bestseller and the number one Kid's Indie Next Pick for May/June, TROUBLE WITH HEROES!

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GIVEAWAY! When you buy 3 or more PENGUIN CLASSIC title's you will also receive a Penguin Classic tote bag! You can find the Penguin Classic titles in our Classic and Philosophy section! **while supplies last**
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The Bookstore Plus is pleased to host authors DAVE and ILLYSSA KYU, and CHRISTINA MCKAY-DICHRISTINA and SUSAN J. DICHRISTINA, for a book signing event this Saturday, July 12th, from 1-3 PM and 3-5 PM to autograph copies of their books, the CAMPIRE STORIES collection, and THE BARELY THERE BEAR!
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On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. we will talk with Kate Fagan, via Zoom, to discuss THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY.

Join us in the children's section of the store OR email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
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We are so excited our bookseller, Emma, is back for the summer! She is currently reading REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt!

"Who doesn't love a cheeky Octopus?! I'm only 100 pages in and I can't put it down. I can't wait to see how it ends!"
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June 19th, 5-7 PM we will be hosting "Miracle on Ice" Olympic Gold Medalist, retired NY Islander player, and author, Ken Morrow, for a book signing event of his book "Ken Morrow: Miracle Gold, Four Stanley Cups, and a Lifetime of Islanders Hockey".
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Have you heard the news?! Your eBooks can now support your local bookshop like ours! Bookshop.org allows the purchase of eBooks which can be enjoyed on Apple, Android, and web browsers! Purchase your eBooks through the website, bookshop.org, and download them on your bookshop app to enjoy on the go.
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Thank you Maxwell Eaton III for joining us to read "A BOOK OF MAPS FOR YOU" and leading the group in a map activity! Thank you to everyone who joined in on the fun and who stopped by for the book signing after!
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Our bookseller, Maggie, can't stop thinking about the Shadow of Leviathan series by Robert Jackson Bennett! A mystery-fantasy styled after Holmes and Watson. It follows the quirky and eccentric detective Ana Dolabra and her assistant Dinios Kol as they unravel mysteries that threaten the Empire.
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Don't miss Bookclub, TOMORROW, May 6th, at 7 P.M. We will be discussing BLOB: A LOVE STORY by Maggie Su, WITH THE AUTHOR VIA ZOOM

Join us in the children's section of the store OR email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
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A successful Independent Bookstore Day! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to celebrate with us! We wouldn't be able to do it without you!

Thank you to Loree Griffin Burns for visiting us as a guest bookseller! We had the best day with you and are so thankful you could join us to celebrate!
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Don't miss Bookclub, May 6th, at 7 P.M. We will be discussing BLOB: A LOVE STORY by Maggie Su, WITH THE AUTHOR VIA ZOOM

Join us in the children's section of the store OR email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! We have exclusive merchandise for sale!
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Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay! (And a special shoutout to the amazing team at @bookstoreplus.bsky.social in Lake Placid, where I signed preorders of THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES earlier this week!)

Reader friends, where are you celebrating today? And what books are you picking up? 👀
Round INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY graphic has black text against an aqua and cream background with colorful banners and white stars and at the bottom, red font reads: SATURDAY APRIL 26, 2025 Kate and Tom Messner and bookseller Elisa McIntosh hold up copies of THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, smiling.
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To start off National Library Week we are celebrating the RIGHT TO READ DAY. #RightToReadDay is a national day of action to defend, protect, and celebrate your right to read freely and we’re asking you to celebrate — and defend — the freedoms that are found in our libraries!
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PREORDER NOW! Releasing April 8th, is a new interactive book of maps written by Lourdes Heuer and illustrated by Maxwell Eaton!