BOOKSTORE, Winner Barnes & Noble Address: 325 Keawe St., Ste. 101, Lahaina, HI 96761 Phone: 808-662-1300 Website: http://barnesandnoble.com We’re assuming that the MauiTime readers who picked Barnes & Noble as best bookshop either voted from their smart phones (and are still happily lost in the stitch-and-spine sprawl), or they Hansel & Greteled their trip by leaving a cafe croissant crumb trail so they could manage to escape. Yes, B&N is that big. We suppose this is a good thing, seeing as on-isle bookshops are disappearing faster than youths’ innocence, and you can’t munch a sandwich or pay for keeps at the library. Even in the expanse, whiffs of corporate coffee and fresh ink are intoxicating, and the fluorescent mood lighting casts everything in a subtle-ish glow; shelves’ shadows carefully masking overwhelmed bibliomaniacs who are passed-out and convulsing. (Stumble upon one of the afflicted? Be a good Samaritan and smack them with your Nook. You may have to endure a regained-consciousness rant about how the printed page will never fade, but the cleanup shift will thank you.)
Given that this is the only place on the island to buy new book, music and movie releases (as well as those cool LEGO architecture sets), and the fact that the good people at Barnes & Noble agreed to sell my own novel and host book signings for me so that I might sell my novel, I have to agree with our readers on this one. Barnes & Noble may be a giant corporate chain, but it’s also a giant bookstore. Of course, it’s located way over in Lahaina, which isn’t exactly convenient for much of the island. Given that, readers may want to watch the growth of Maui Friends of the Library, which now operates used bookstores in Pu‘unene, at the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center in Kahului and at the Wharf Cinema Center in Lahaina. Next year, this category may have a different winner... 325 Keawe St., Lahaina; 808-662-1300
Best of Maui Goods and Services 2011 Barnes & Noble 325 Keawe St., Ste. 101, Lahaina, HI 96761 808-662-1300 We’re assuming that the MauiTime readers who picked Barnes & Noble as best bookshop either voted from ...
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