by MainStreetBooks | Sep 8, 2020 | Bookstore Lady, Mansfield
Dear Main Street Books Friends and Family, I’m writing you today with sad news: the owner of the bookstore, John Fernyak, has decided it’s time to close Main Street Books’ doors permanently. Our last day will be Saturday, September 26. As the manager...
by MainStreetBooks | Nov 7, 2016 | Bookstore Lady, Mansfield
It is with great sorrow that I must relay news of the death of one of the bookstore’s most loyal customers, Landree Rennpage. Landree, at age 31, was killed in a car collision Saturday night. The literary community in Mansfield is shocked at this news, and deeply...
by MainStreetBooks | Nov 6, 2015 | Bookstore Lady, Mansfield
Thanks to the modern majesty that is Facebook, I was reminded yesterday that five years ago, I was laid off from my job at the PowerHouse Arena bookstore in Brooklyn. I had worked there for two months. The manager told me, in her clipped German accent, that because I...
by MainStreetBooks | Jun 30, 2015 | Bookstore Lady, Mansfield
A good number of people come in the store and wonder aloud how great a job it must be to run a bookstore. The answer, in short: it’s a dream job. From here many of these same book-lovers ask how I got into the business, so here’s the history of The Bookstore Lady....
by MainStreetBooks | Jun 19, 2015 | Events, Mansfield
The Downtown Mansfield Scavenger Hunt is back in July 2015! For the entire month of July, kids can search for the image of one of the Carrousel animals in businesses around the downtown area. Prizes can be claimed after finding certain a certain number of them. On...
