Stuff Your Stockings, or last-minute help from Green Apple

stuff their stockings @ Green Apple Books

Greetings!

It's such a pleasure to be slinging books madly this week, solving gift conundrums, passing our year's favorites on to hungry readers, filling stockings with goofy stuff. To try to tempt you in one more time this year, we present the following, with details further down:

a three-day sale on the Kobo Mini e-reader. Just $49.99!
SIGNED books you won't find elsewhere
longer hours
links to our favorite books of the year and books for cooks and kids
stocking stuffer ideas, and
our Apple-a-Month fiction subscription.

We hope to see you in the store soon--it's festive in here, and we'd like to personally thank you for supporting Green Apple Books. If you don't make it in, you can shop our website 24/7 (gift cards!). And THANK YOU for reading.

Happy holidays from me (Pete) and everyone else here on Clement Street

KOBO MINI 3-day sale

You may know that we've partnered with Kobo books for all your e-reading needs. With or without a Kobo reader, if you sign up for a Kobo account through Green Apple, a portion of your eBook purchases will forever support Green Apple.

If you or a loved one are in the market for a dedicated e-ink e-reader, be sure to check out the Kobo Mini. It's light, small, and--for three days only--just $49.99 (a $30 savings). We have demo units in the store so you can try before you buy.

Friday through Sunday, December 21-23, we'll be selling the Kobo Mini for just $49.99 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. There's a very good chance we'll run out, and we can't offer rain checks or holds. In-store purchases only.

All eBooks purchased on the Kobo Mini support Green Apple, so you CAN read digitally and shop locally.

SIGNED books

Here's something you won't find at our major online competitor: signed copies of fine new books. Among the signed tomes we have in-store as of today (they may run out, so call or drop by soon to ensure you get a signed copy!):

Who Could It Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
Bouchon Bakery by Thomas Keller
Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis
Phantom by Jo Nesbo
The Twelve by Justin Cronin

LONGER HOURS

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We can sleep on December 25. Until then, here are our hours:

Wed, 12/19: 10am to 10:30pm
Th, 12/20: 9am to 10:30pm
Fr, 12/21: 9am to 11:30pm
Sat, 12/22: 9am to 11:30pm
Sun, 12/23: 9am to 10:30pm
Mon, 12/24: 9am to 5:30pm

CLOSED 12/25

Back to normal on December 26 (10am to 10:30pm).

BEST BOOKS of 2012

Here are some links if you'd rather shop on our website than come in, or if you want to make a list to prevent OBS (Overwhelmed by Books Syndrome).

New York Times top ten of 2012
our round-up of books for cooks and books for young 'uns
Green Apple staffers on their favorite reads
a selection of Staff Favorites
the Washington Post's list (includes graphic novels!)
our Apple-a-Month picks
our Book of the Month archives

And we stand ready to recommend a great book for anyone. Just drop in and ask!

STOCKING STUFFERS

If there are people on your holiday list who (gasp!) don't read books, we still have many options, from blank books and calendars to puzzles, from root beer kits to "pot" holders. While they're not all listed on our website, here are a few of our hotter items this year:

yep, a doodling robot

first edition matchbooks

nesting measuring cups

3D bridge puzzle

the ultimate pencil sharpener

And hundreds more to choose from. . . .may no stocking go unstuffed!

APPLE-a-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION

We often hear that customers come to Green Apple to find the book they're looking for but stay for hours to peruse the books we recommend. But if you live far away, have schedules that inhibit your ability to read hundreds of handwritten index cards before selecting your next book, or are looking for a perfect perennial gift for the bibliophile in your life: The Apple-a-Month Club is here for you.

Details here.

Thanks for reading!
--Pete/Green Apple Books