The BookMark

This book shop is so cute. It reminds you of a better time. This is a great family environment to come enjoy and pick out a new favorite book. If you can’t find a specific book or series they will order it for you. Stop by. It’s worth the visit.

Perfect for gifts. Staff is extremely helpful & knowledgeable — great suggestions for gifts in all different age ranges. Complimentary gift wrap! Thanks for making our lives easier! Charming bookstores like this are harder & harder to find these days.

How lucky we are to have a local bookstore at the beaches! There is always at least one knowledgeable staff member on hand to answer questions, recommend titles, and point me in the right direction. Also, there is no ‘hard sell’ here (in contrast with Books-​a-​Million staff who must get mega-​commissions if you buy into their clubs or sign up for magazine subscriptions). Best of all, they always seem to have the right books on hand my family as well as for gifts. Origami Yoda? Got it! The new Tana French novel the day it debuts in America? Got it! Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores? They’ve got it!

The bookmark is a small locally owned book store located in Downtown Atlantic City. When I arrived it was just minutes after closing time, but the owner was nice enough to let me in and make a selection. There aren’t that many books there but a majority of them are good reads.

Well for starters the address on this Unilocal site isn’t correct, they might have been at that location at one time but they aren’t anymore. After looking and looking along that area my husband and I finally gave up. We started driving down 1^st street admiring the small shops when a couple blocks down I noticed the shop we’d been looking for all along. I was very excited and gleamed as he pulled over. The location has pretty nice parking and it looks great from the outside. Once we entered I liked the aesthetics of the store. Neatly stacked books and wonderful table displays. They offered signed copies of numerous titles but their collection was definitely lacking. They didn’t have any novels in stock by John Green and he’s a pretty big writer these days, the store itself surprised me how small it was and the prices weren’t very competitive. I can’t see myself ever returning to be honest.

Love bookstores… good selection of local and current items. Please support this store.

By all accounts this seems to be a nice book store. I remember buying a few things from them in their old location and never had any problems. However, earlier this morning I went in to inquire about any possible job openings and was treated disgustingly. I was asked to wait until the owner, Rhona, was off the phone to ask her myself. Not only did she not reciprocate my introduction she also refused to shake my hand. Instead placing her left hand on mine and lowering it. This alone made me feel embarrassed and unwelcome in her store. But as if that weren’t enough she then proceeded to belittle me in front of her staff and customers. She asked what kind of job I was looking for. A little confused by this, as it’s a very small store, I answered «something along the lines of stocking shelves or working the cash register…» At which point she curtly replied, «We don’t do that. We sell books here». It took all of my will power to remain courteous as Rhona asked me several other patronizing questions, only after which did she reveal that the store was in fact not hiring and that she could think of nowhere else where I should try. While there’s the possibility that she was simply having a bad day and I approached her at the wrong time, it doesn’t excuse her actions. If you’d rather not answer inquires like this then don’t. And certainly don’t use them as an opportunity to degrade someone simply for fun. While the store itself is a good one by any standards I simply cannot give business to someone who has no capacity for human dignity. To shop at The Bookmark is to give validation to a luddite.

What a charming little find of a book store tucked in between Ragtime Restaurant and Bio Max Health Food Store in Downtown Atlantic Beach. This place is locally owned and operated. Although it is small, she carries a great selection of books including a children’s section that has all the favorites for small children and teens.
Just a heads up, they are moving to the new building next door to Sliders on First Street in August 2010.

The Book Mark is a little far for me, but I do like to support local stores versus big national chains when I can. That doesn’t mean you won’t find me strolling the aisles in Barnes & Noble though.
The Book Mark is great in supporting the local authors as well as featuring many artists with their visits and signings. I haven’t personally ordered anything through them, but they seem to be willing to order anything you want but they may not have.

The four stars is mostly due to the charm of this little bookstore. Their selection isn’t the best but with a small bookstore, I don’t expect it to be. However what they do carry is a mix of popular and quirky. The staff is knowledgeable and kind. They occasionally host book signings here also. Definitely stop by while in the Atlantic Beach area!