Conworlds Emporium

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0.1 mi

Super cute independent bookstore in tarpon springs. Easy parking, books of all genres--even…read morechildren's books, fun selection of bookish gifts. The owner is sweet and is an author herself. They have so many fun events each month. Love having this not too far from home. And if you're an audiobook reader, you can still support this indie bookstore thru Librofm.

This bookstore is creatively adorned, using the architectural structure to their advantage. New…read morebooks by best selling authors, a lovely of children's books, and tons of book related knick knacks, including stickers and t'shirts. No local author display but they do feature signed books by them and offer signing events.

Charity used book sale at Brighter Days Brewing

Author signing

Book Bedazzling

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The Book Rescuers

Holy cow this place is amazing!…read more The only potential issue is a lot of the sections are not organized by author or anything just the genre. That is a positive for me as I like to wander and see what I find, but if you're looking for a specific book this is probably not the place. That being said, they have a LOT of books and they were very cheap.

One of my all-time favorite rainy day activities. We love going with our littles but there are tons…read moreof adults having fun there too. They're creating a lovely third space here where people can meet up, relax, do puzzles and read. There's just about every type of physical media on offer from vinyls to vhs and of course books for everyone. I love that we're giving old books new life and also saving money while the kids get to read more! It's a win-win-win. We bought an entire basket of books for around $10 and I don't feel too bad when my 2 year old accidentally rips a book at home anymore. I really love what they're doing here and hope they continue doing well. I'd love to see them start a little coffee shop inside one day as I think that would really amp up sales and enjoyment.

Interesting seating area by artistic book sculpture!!!

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Back in the Day Books

(38 reviews)

9.5 mi

This is a beautiful and impressive locally owned book shop. They have books old and new from every…read moregenre you could be interested in. They also have a section for local Floridian authors, along with guides to the state of Florida and different cities, which is super relevant for visitors to the shop. Along with books, they have other knick-knacks, some book-themed and some just for fun. There are socks, shirts, book-themed book bags, puzzles and more. I would say the prices aren't the best but they aren't quite as bad as going to a Barnes & Noble or Books-a-million type book shop. And i'd much rather support a small business paying a price like that than the big chains. They do also have a used book section that has cheaper books so that can be another nice option. Truly, there's something for everyone in here if you look close enough. Even some special edition books they keep behind the register as they as rare & a very valuable.

While I have supported this book store in the past, with purchases of collector's books, I do not…read morerecommend Back in the Day Books. They expect "Shop Local", but they themselves do not support local authors. What's the point of local - I suggest your local library or logging in to your "local" Amazon account.

Looking at the shirts

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Barnes & Noble

What an effective , empathetic and caring assistant manager there is at B&N Clearwater branch (US…read morein the Hobby Lobby/ Old Navy plaza) !! As a PCS employee , this assistant manager helped me connect with another branch manager about doubled up copies in my classroom. There was an an initial misunderstanding; but all is well that ends well. Thank CLW B&N for ALWAYS supporting PCS students and employees !!

This is a very nice B&N location with a B&N Starbucks cafe inside…read more It's Ginormous, like a big box warehouse style. It's very spacious, not intimate, like the little Tyrone location. This is a very lovely location, but moi prefers the "Book Nook" intimate location in Tyrone square. It's very small but it's also never crowded. This one was already crowded & very noisy, even at 10am, with a very busy long long coffee line. Yikes :( Will Return.

Noble entrance

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Book Swap

Nice when they are open . They don't seem to go by store hours but when open terrificread more

Just your average local used book store. Reasonable selection of books. A bit pricey but remember…read morethat you are supporting a local business. And when your done, there is an ice cream store next door. Overall, a nice place to find some used books.

Sam's Books

What a great little find inside this dieing Flea Market. The thousands of books are amazingly…read moreorganized and easy to access. All I found are $2-$3. My son bought 7 Manga books for $21. A Great Bargain!! The nice lady running it was knowledgeable and very passionate about her books. My teen can't wait to go back!

Nice selection of fiction, non-fiction, kids books etc. Very…read morereasonable prices. Located in the Oldsmar Flea Market. While hesitant, the nice lady agreed that I could use the Yelp! check-in offer of $5 off of a $25 purchase. Without the offer I wouldn't have purchased so much. Check it out if you're in the area.

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Books A Million

I love BAM the affectionate nickname for Books A Million. Only come to the store here in Port…read moreRichey Florida. It's a great store and the clerks are very nice. One clerk in particular I called on the phone and her name is (McKenna) and I told her I wanted the old farmers almanac 2025 box calendar. When I got there, she had three different ones and I picked the one that I wanted. I posted a picture of it. The store is awesome and I always meet interesting people as I just did now, I met an artist that specializes in a number of things, but when I said cats, she gave me her card because she does portraits of pets. I am going to be doing business with her get yourself over the Books A Million, a.k.a. BAM and enjoy a cup of coffee and buy a book or read a book plenty of room to do that and meet interesting people.

Bookstores are great places for dates…read more My Beau and I had just come from where I used to live (I wanted to show him my roots) and we ended up here for a Cup of coffee from Joe Mugs and looking at books, both of us are voracious readers. We spent time perusing the stacks, where he found just what he was looking for and I rekindled my love for Mercedes Lackey and her fantasy series. I love the way a bookstore smells and BAM is no different. One thing that they have above the other retail sellers? They take used books, including school books. YES! They're a new and used seller, how's that? They also have a huge selection of comics and the like.

Preorder Anniversary edition

Hobbits galore

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Gunner event

The Paperback Exchange Bookstore

Think the staff does not like people or something - seems like she always argues and is Very Pushy…read morewith us everytime that I take my kids there. She Scares me on how she acts in front of my Kids like this - any time that we have been there. Last time, she would not stop yelling at my family "that SHE could SHOUT ALL she WANTED to". I politely asked her to Stop, but she continued Yelling across the store repeatedly over and over - until we just gave up and left. She even went outside and was Shouting across the parking lot. Will not take my kids there ever again. This was absolutely ridiculous. I did Not appreciate explaining a Violent and Disrespectful Adult acting this Unrespectable to or in front of my kids. Would you take your kids to experience this ? Prices are expensive - and credit isnt much for donating books anyway ... Guess they don't care about - nor want their customers. *** Lost us as customers. Bye ! ps: My wife doesn't seem to like taking the kids here either. Don't think that she has the patience to deal with people like this (the staff's weird behavior and Pushiness with people).

Everyone I spoke with was so friendly and helpful! I needed to buy a gift certificate for a friend…read morewho lives in Florida and it was so easy! I would highly recommend this store!

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Oxford Exchange

Wow, there's a reason why this place is so popular even with food…read more We tried walking in on Friday at 1:30 and it was packed. We got reservations for Tuesday noon on the day of and it was much freer. The food is so good. I got grits without the cheese because of stomach issues, and it was still so flavorful. The omelette was fluffy, and my companions really enjoyed the club sandwich, but the steak sandwich less so. The potatoes and toast were good too along with sweet potato fries. The regular fries was apparently not as good. The french toast wasn't bad but had better elsewhere. I also got the ginger pear and it is very floral and flavorful. I'd get this again.

Coffee done well! Customer Service : 10…read moreAmbience 4.5 Coffee 3.5 Lattes 3.5 Merch (didn't see any merch) Date rating 10 Remote work rating 4 Biz Meeting Rating 4.5 Personal meeting 4.5 Location 4.5 Parking 2 (not much parking) Child Friendly 3 (recommend 6 and up) Bathrooms cleanliness 4.5 Coffee done well! Customer Service : 10 Ambience 4.5 Coffee 3.5 Lattes 3.5 Merch (didn't see any merch) Date rating 10 Remote work rating 4 Biz Meeting Rating 4.5 Personal meeting 4.5 Location 4.5 Parking 2 (not much parking) Child Friendly 3 (recommend 6 and up) Bathrooms cleanliness 4.5

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Main lobby.

Tampa Antiques and Books

4.8

(21 reviews)

21.9 mi

For starters: antiques and bookstores are my jam. Places like this are what make any area feel…read morecozy, more like a home to me. For this reason alone I am oh so thankful for this spot. Other than that I really enjoyed their selection and how everything was nicely categorized. The owner greeted us warmly and tried to see what kind of books I was into so that he could intentionally steer me around his shop, I appreciated it because I only had about 30 mins to peruse. I ended up buying 2 herbal books for a very fair price, he actually told me the prices on the books weren't set in stone. The whole thing was delightful, him and his wife even gave me a locally owned restaurant recommendation.

very cozy little antique bookstore with some jewelry as well and the staff is very friendly and…read morenice! there's some gorgeous little vintage books here that aren't SUPER expensive

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Jene's Tropicals

What an adorably packed plant nursery! Located on a corner "v" lot, parking area was small but that…read moreonly means they had more room for plants haha! I really appreciated that this nursery excelled in variety, especially in their different types of tropical trees like banana, fig, avocado, and some harder to find tropicals. They also featured orchard trees, house plants, colorful outdoor decor, gardening mediums like packaged manure, and more. Inventory is mostly outdoors (of course) with small covered pockets. There are open every day except Sunday, a good day to rest ;) Would definitely recommend dropping by, and experiencing the same as I did ... warm smiles from each of their staff, and wishing I had a bigger yard some for amazing fruiting tree selections.

What an amazing selection of tropical plants including different varieties and sizes! I needed to…read morereplace a star fruit tree and the prices, selection and wonderful helpful service really can't be beat! I also ended up buying a pomegranate tree!

Annual Tropical Fruit Tasting Display '25

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Pomegranate and Star Fruit Trees 3 gallon

Canterbury Farms Wholesale Nursery

We had a great experience with Canterbury Farms. from the plants down to their entire team…read more Jamie was our landscaping designer - she is awesome and so detailed with such a vision. The whole team, Jeremy - project manager, James, Alex, John, Noe, Jose and Steven were incredible. Our office landscaping looks incredible. We are 1000% pleased. Great job to everyone!!!!

I have had an amazing experience with Canterbury Farms! I wanted to revamp my flower beds but…read morewasn't sure what exactly I wanted. Jamie was my designer and was a joy to work with. All I had to do was tell her I love Hawaii and she ran with it and did an outstanding job with the design. I am so excited about how wonderful it looks and it exceeded my expectations by far! Logan B (foreman) Logan C Tommy John was the group of professional, kind, hardworking young men that came to do the clean out and install and they also exceeded my expectations and did an amazing job! Thank you so much! I will recommend you guys to everyone I know.

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Dk Landscaping and Nursery

BUYER BE WARE On 12/7/21 Chris Walker from DK Farm & Nursery…read morecame out and we reviewed the job together I had multiple things needed to be done. moving, relaying installing new pavers in my back yard, build up side yard with top soil and relaying pavers, trim a hedge, remove 2 over grown Muhly grasses and replace with new 2 Muhly grasses, install a 60' Rubbermaid boarder along beds, remove some yard waste and cut a palm frond that was hitting the roof. I already had the boarder so he instructed me to purchase 6 additional pavers, which l didn't need, and he would supply the grasses and top soil. He was a very personal young man, who assured me that he would personally make sure that the job went right. He sent me an estimate of, $565.64 with only the total for labor without the jobs line itemed out, beyond the pavers. I assumed it was because it was done on his phone it limited him for characters. I realize now that was my mistake, that is give Chris the benefit of the doubt, as we had a long conversation about the project, and how much problems that I was having finding reliable and competent service people/companies. The next day Chris arrived with another young man, who he introduced as Corey and together we went over what the plan was for the boarder and pavers. Right off the bat I knew something was amiss as Chris brought no tools to do the job and used my shovel, sledge hammer, yard clippers, etc., He continually asked me to look at the work and each time I had to come up with suggestions as to what would be better. We came to a stand still as Chris told me he would not remove the dirt that was needed in order to allow the pavers to be recessed into the ground by the board of the patio. Also, he was unable to cut any pavers as he had no tools to do so, to allow for any type of professional finish to the install, see image. Five of the pavers on the pathway along the back yard are not filled in and or not level, so they rock. After 3 or 4 attempts at the side yard install the layout of pavers was finally OK, though the ground was left uneven with multiple small rocks left all over the area. The removal and reinstall of the new grasses were fine. In general, my property was left in a muddy, dis-shoveled mess. During the 2 hours Chris and Corey were here, Corey had continually made glib comments around me. Which I found highly unprofessional for someone on a job site. One of his comments was directed at me personally about my age. I 'm a single older female, and didn't feel comfortable being around the two young men any longer. I was rather confused as to why a service person would be so unprofessional on a job, only to find out that he didn't work for DK but was Chris's personal friend, who is here visiting from Kissimmee. The hedges and fronds were never cut and I didn't bring it up as by this point, I had had enough of Chris and Corey and just wanted them to leave by home. I gave them a check and they left. Beyond the inappropriate comments I was worried that I would be liable for Corey not being a paid employee of DK's if anything were to happen. After they left, I called Chris and told him that I was very unhappy with his work and that he needed to come back and fix it. He wanted to come right back, but I didn't want to have to deal with Corey again so I told him that I would get back to him with other time to come back. I also mentioned about the him not taking care of the hedge or palm frond, he argued with me that that wasn't part of the job as it wasn't listed on the estimate. I pointed out neither was the boarder, or grass install, so how was he able to use the estimate as the point of truth. He became irritated and told me that he did that as a favor, and not part of the job. He did do one thing as gratis, he cut down a small 3 branched planted and placed a couple of pavers for a place for outside trash can. I when back out found even more issues with job, called him back and he wouldn't pick up. I then realized that I was pretty much screwed so I left a message that I canceled the payment and want an adjustment to my bill. The next day I spoke with David Koning the owner the next day, who basically told me that he didn't believe me but Chris that all other labor was a favor i.e., boarder install and install of grasses. I told him that I didn't want Chris back out as he doesn't know what he is doing and I didn't want to have to deal with him and his either lack of knowledge or work ethic again, I would be happy to settled the bill at a reduced payment of $250.00, as I will have to hire someone else to fix the pavers. But he said that I was bound to the signed estimate, also that anyone who showed up to a job was covered under DK and not the home owner and that he was doubtful that I felt intimidated and was just using as an excuse. He told me that there will be legal action if he does receive full payment in 10 days. To be rid of this very unpleasant experience I mailed the full payment and ha

I am impressed with the plants and farm animals here. Caring for the earth and livestock shows love…read morefor nature. Their area is organized and neat. I just needed a few plants and they are healthy and were a really good price. Definitely a 10 star recommendation!

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Bohemian Gypsea

(3 reviews)

0.2 mi

I love this store I always find something to buy they have things that no other store has I have…read morebeen going to it since they were on 19 they also have a good selection of plants. I'm from Hudson and I drive to Tarpon Springs just to got to Bohemian Gypsea the people that work there are also very helpful

This shop is the best. They have so much to offer: great knowledgeable staff, patient, kind…read moreservice. They have everything you can think of: windchimes, books, cards, jewelry, incense, candles, crystals, tea, and so much more. Please come and enjoy this shop. It's in a nice large two story house right off the Orange St.

Dracaena, This plant is great in the house or in your shady landscaping area.

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