Books-A-Million — Local services in Dickson City

As an older person I just love book stores and I try to pass that along to my grandsons. At 5pm on a Sunday the store was sadly pretty empty but we went in and browsed around and each of the boys got a book. Store was clean and staff were quick and friendly... my only gripe is they never have any of the authors I'm looking for... some of which are repeat NYT best sellers... and that is why bookstores are dying... sadly

So, Google asked for an update on the review. Still a pleasant way to waste an hour slowly browsing through the racks and decent collection of vinyl in the store and still the exact same gripe. They never have certain authors who are multiple NYT bestsellers, beam stoker award winners, with TV shows in development by some of the best directors around. They're answer is always 'we can orderr that for you' ... If I wanted to order a book I'd go to Amazon and get it. There's no reason they shouldn't have at least a few of these authors and their books in house....

Pretty nice store. Layout wasn't the best but it was pretty decent. Just small details, like certain sections not being in alphabetical order, books from one genre taking up half the shelf of the next genre.

They seem to have a certain bias towards the left over the right. They had the same books in the recommended, best seller, autobiography, and inspirational section about certain people. While looking for right wing books, they either didn't carry them at all and had to order online. Only books about the current president were all the smear books released. Books of previous presidents and first ladies were all very positive. Some books were knocked face down and had other books placed on top of them. Not sure if it's intentional or just because of all the customers.

Staff were very nice and pleasant.

They sell very nice used books at a discount which is really great.

I recommend it, plus it adds a more human element than just buying it...

Book stores are great. If you need more description than that I have tried to provide it. But really, all you must know is that they sell books, coffee & tea. Anywhere that combines those things is worth supporting financially and with positive reviews.

As stated above, I want this place to be great. And it mostly is. Any misgivings or observations I could have are unimportant because I feel book stores and libraries are great things that should exist. Bc this is a review ultimately, I include the following in case you read this far. BAM sells: Toys Magazines (basically ancient artifacts) Books Coffee & other beverages More pop culture stuff Pop culture stuff masquerading as useful things More pop culture stuff Music

So there you go. If it being a book store was not reason enough, I have listed several....