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    Sherman's Book & Stationery Store

    3.5 (18 reviews)

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    Bill S.

    We love independent book stores. We like Sherman's, which has been around Freeport since 1998 and is one of a group of Sherman stores around the state (the chain started in Bar Harbor, apparently). Our first visit recently was good but not exceptional. It's a moderately large store with a very large areas set aside for gifts, toys, puzzles, Maine souvenirs, etc. We thought their classics section and history were a bit underwhelming, but we enjoyed going through bargain books and just spending time looking through the inventory. We did not find the staff particularly friendly; they seemed distracted even when we checked out. Maybe they were having a bad day... Even so, it's a nice bookstore and there are few better places to spend time anywhere.

    Ian W.

    This is a good independent bookstore which also carries a good amount of Maine souvenirs, gifts, postcards and greeting cards. This store has a decent book selection including tables of bargain books (though not deeply discounted like at other bookstores) and shelves of Maine related books. I did not find the Images of America book series in the store, but there were plenty of books by local authors. The layout of the store is crammed with lots of merchandise, so it can be hard to move around especially with lots of customers in the store. I did buy some hardcover books with some very cool Maine photography for my coffee table reading, at list price and not on sale. I did not see those books earlier at Borders and B&N. Order online: http://www.shermans.com

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    Fun place to shop for not only books but gifts! Christmas is coming! Very large selection of puzzles and games and Maine souvenirs.

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    We always try to stop in when we visit Freeport. Wide variety of books and selection of gifts.

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