UPDATED 4/2: To increase the chances of your order being fulfilled directly from our warehouse:
1. Only order titles with an inventory status of "Available at the Warehouse."
2. Select the UPS/USPS Ground Shipping option
3. Pay with a credit card
4. Due to the new volume of sales (Thank you!) and for the safety of the workers in the warehouses, orders are taking about 4 days to process from the warehouse.
5. Including 5 or fewer books in your order will greatly speed the processing of your order.
PRE-ORDERING NOTE: If you are placing preorders that you would like to pick up at the store whenever we can get back in, please tell us so in the order comments. We will remove the shipping charge manually and place the orders as normal. Thank you!
We are happy to fufill other orders, but will not be able to process them until at least April 7.
You're also welcome to use Indiebound.org to find a store that is still operating or shop with Bookshop.org.
Independent Bookstore day is Saturday April 28th. We’re still planning the fun so stay tuned for more information about the day’s events. Here are the IBD exclusives that will be available at Porter Square Books while supplies last.
Through stories, histories, ideas, and images, books connect us to people, places, and events distant from us in time and space. They also connect us to other books as references, homages, and arguments reveal the conversation that has been going on for centuries in the written word.
Once again, we’ll be offering a bunch of bookish exclusive items on Independent Bookstore Day. Here’s what you’ll be able to get at PSB only on Saturday, April 29th. There will be limited supplies of all of these items and once they’re gone, they’re gone, so get here early.
The Sandmeyer Reaction by Michael Chabon
Christopher Boucher teaches writing and literature at Boston College, and is the managing editor of Post Road magazine. He is the author of How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive and Golden Delicious and lives with his wife and two children in Newton, MA.
Val Wang is the author of Beijing Bastard and multimedia storyteller. She most recently created and produced Planet Takeout, an interactive, multi-platform documentary on the role of Chinese takeouts as a vital cultural crossroads in America. She teaches in the English and Media Studies Department of Bentley University.
Camille DeAngelis is the author of the novels Immaculate Heart (a religious vision drives people mad!), Petty Magic (witchy hijinks!), Mary Modern (human clones locked in a bas
Like Dorothy, our events calendar has discovered color.
Once again we are celebrating Indies First on Small Business Saturday, November 28th. On Indies First local authors will step into the fast-paced, high-octane, several-holds-barred world of holiday libromancing to handsell their books, help you find the perfect gift, and, of course, sign copies of their works.
Here are the authors who will be joining us this year.
A fantasy world inspired by imperial Russia? Check.
Fast-talking pirates and con artists with hearts of gold? Check.
A magical elite with really good fashion sense? Check.
Return to the world of the Grisha in Six of Crows by New York Times best-selling author Leigh Bardugo. A brand-new motley crew is taking Ravka by storm.
Having done the "Nature Rounds" at Porter Square shopping mall for over forty years, Clare Walker Leslie has clocked a surprising amount of urban natural history. There are those who go to Yosemite for Nature, or Mongolia or even Fresh Pond.
