Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop of Windham — Local services in Windham

There’s something really special about shopping in person and supporting small businesses. I came in today looking for five different books that have been all over TikTok. I’ve now visited three local stores, and not a single one had any of them in stock.

When I asked, I was kindly offered the option to order them, but your in-store price is $18.95, while they’re only $5–$10 on Amazon. If I'm going to have to order them I'm going to just save the money and get them from Amazon. I completely understand that independent shops can’t compete with online prices , and I don’t expect them to. I was just really hoping to experience that instant gratification of walking in, finding what I wanted, and walking out with it. That was $100 I was ready to spend today.

Maybe stocking a few trending titles could help bridge that gap and keep book lovers like me coming back. I really appreciated the friendly staff and the cozy atmosphere. I just wish today...

My favorite bookstore - so glad there's one in Windham! Online shopping is amazing, too. I love the option to pick up at the store for editions they may not carry all the time. They've even called me before to offer another edition of a book at a discounted rate prior to shipping my order. There's also a nice selection of gifts, though it does take away space that could be used to widen their in-store book selections.

They only have two drawbacks. The first is the proximity of the children's section to the last few fiction shelves - it can be hard to shop on the 2-3 shelves in the back corner with the tight space and kids running underfoot, but that's not really the store's fault. The second is the amount of romantasy (SJM, fourth wing, etc) being placed in the fantasy section rather than romance. If the plot is romance, it should be in romance. Sorting issues always makes it harder to shop, and those genres are certainly...

I was just in your store to buy a gift to take on my trip the employee met me at the door and said they were closing in 5 minutes didn't offer to help me find a gift for my aunt to take on my trip. I work for one of the largest retailers in this country who has over 200 stores if he caught wind that one of us did not help a customer in our stores I would be fired I found it very rude that they had to make it clear that they were closing in 5 minutes I also went in and spoke to the manager and she also kept telling me that they close in 5 minutes my husband is a bookworm my niece is a bookworm so I have been in your store to buy books I will no longer go in your store to buy books for my family I will go elsewhere like Amazon who is putting all of you guys...