The Anchorage PRESS is our beloved free weekly paper. Focused primarily on arts, entertainment and…read morebeer (the Dr. Fermento beer reviews are a must read) the paper has progressed and improved with the addition of the talented political reporting / writing of Brendan Joel Kelly. Layout / look / feel: 3 out of 5 The PRESS is a fairly simple and straightforward paper from a design perspective, something that I find very comforting. Weekly papers from other cities and states really push the boundaries of newspaper design / graphic design / layout and can be a pain the butt to read. The PRESS is easy on the eyes and on the mind, albeit a tad bit boring. But that's fine for layout. Advertising: 2 out of 5 There are an abundance of ads in the PRESS but the ads tend to be good and useful. I learn about most of the upcoming shows & events not from the Events Calendar in the paper, but from the ads I see in the paper. While I would want to see fewer ads, I understand that advertising is how these people make money so it's a good, delicate balance. Content: 4 out of 5 As I mentioned already, the Dr. Fermento reviews and Brendan Joel Kelly articles are not to be missed. Kristia DeGeorge and Scott Christensen do a good job with their editorials and reporting, and the feature articles are almost always a good read. The Blotter is entertaining as well. Comics & crossword: 3 out of 5 The comics are pretty average except for Perfect World which always gets me. I miss the Lee Post comics. Crosswords from the Press are about as difficult as the Tuesday or Wednesday NYT crossword puzzle, albeit a bit longer.

Elitist, self-important drivel. Who are they writing this for? What was once a reliable…read moreentertainment rag slash social calendar has devolved into a repetitive unreadable collection of ads and hope-to-shock blurbs. Yawn. Especially big yawn to the annual "Press Picks" - where they provide boring categories with obvious (do I have a choice?) winners who are, unsurprisingly, Press advertisers. Does this reflect poor management or the fact that Anchorage lacks a vital entertainment scene? Hard to say. All I know is that I don't read it, and on occasions that I do grab a copy, I do so quickly and hope no one saw.

I was happily surprised when I found out this was a used book store with a huge selection of…read morelow-priced books. The management is friendly and helpful. I found two books I wrote in the stack and the owner asked me to sign them, thus increasing their value by 5 cents. I look forward to returning to further inspect their holdings. - Douglas Groothuis

Drove out from Wasilla to pick up a Bible for myself (and a youth at my church) and am so glad I…read moredid! They are super nice and helpful! Very informative on the different types of Bibles and broke it down so that I chose the right one for me. I will be back!!

I buy my a lot of my books here but I don't care for the in-store Cafe. I love the smell of books…read moreand Tidal Wave sucks compared to here, but the workers are a little dumb (don't tell them I said that lol)

So I actually came here for a book club meeting, which was great…read more As a cafe it's slow. The lemon cake was not like your typical Starbucks Lemon loaf. And this cafe isn't really a Starbucks but a pseudo cafe of sorts. As a book store it's pretty good, lots of books and trinkets and whole kids area.

Discovered this on my last day in Anchorage. Right from the entrance, there are lots of newer books…read moremarked for just $4.99! Store is huge and really well labeled by genre. Prices are fantastic. Several little nooks filled with good souvenirs/gift ideas.

They can only LOOK at 20 books at a time. Out of maybe 200 books I brought in, they took 5. $20 in…read morestore credit or $8 cash. They have a sign saying they don't take trades in on Wednesday so I went in on Thursday & they said they were down for the entire next week. What should've been a 1 time task turned into a multi- week endeavor. They can't tell you what you recently bought (god forbid you're looking for the next in a series). They can't tell you at the counter to pay how much credit you have. Overall would not recommend as far as trying to trade things in. I also called and asked if they take puzzles (unopened) and they said yes, next time I came in I asked again and they said yes again. When I actually brought the puzzles in they said they don't take puzzles.