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Newbury Street to get another bookstore

By adamg on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 5:03pm

The Boston Guardian reports that Posman Books, which currently has stores in New York and Atlanta, will open a store at 129 Newbury Street in June.

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By fungwah on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 5:54pm.

Trident's been there for years and still a fantastic place.

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By anon on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 8:17pm.

Trident is at the other end of Newbury.

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By adamg on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 8:32pm.

I tend to think of it as a restaurant, but, yes, it is actually a bookstore, so headline changed.

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By er, really on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 8:13am.

Yes, Trident is a bookstore. But, fantastic? The entire firetrap is really dodgy on ADA and accessibility in the stacks, the food is atrocious, and the service is adolescently-surly (at best). It’s a bookstore serving reheated frozen sides from the Costco. It is not fantastic.

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By anon on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 4:52pm.

I never saw the appeal of that place either, and I love bookstores.

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By Bugs Bunny on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 10:26pm.

I could use an old time bookstore like Avenue Victor Hugo.

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By bannedinboston on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 12:50pm.

The content and size were great but I recall the owner as not very pleasant. I remember him posting whiny screeds in his windows (as was his right, of course) and berating his staff in front of me. The former, I could ignore, but the latter was unacceptable.

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By anon on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 9:40am.

A used bookstore owner once told me a grouchy bookstore owner is an honest one.

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By bannedinboston on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 11:32am.

Feel like taking a drive?

https://avenuevictorhugobooks.com/

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By anon on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 8:22pm.

Why yes, yes I do!

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By Miss M on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 1:02pm.

I was reading an old copy of "The Phantom Tollbooth" to my daughter and the receipt from AVH fell out and it made me so sad. I still have so many books I bought there, plus they had a very sweet bookstore cat who used to let me hold them while a browsed.

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By anon on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 9:01am.

Yes! Losing Avenue Victor Hugo was a real loss to Boston. There was also the mystery book shop on Newbury which I was sad to see go. Raven was a nice addion while it lasted. I really appreciate what Trident offers -- independently owned, friendly and helpful staff; and while I wish their book selection was a bit better, they do have to stock what sells in order to stay in business.

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By bannedinboston on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 11:30am.

Spenser's Mystery Books. It was there I discovered Ellis Peters and P.D. James.

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By Vicki on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 9:10am.

Combination bookstore and ice cream shop: that sounds like my kind of destination.

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By bannedinboston on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 12:50pm.

I wouldn't mind a Book & Bar:

http://www.bookandbar.com/

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