As The Palm Beach Book Store prepares to close its doors for the final time later this month, prices are set to drop again on the quickly emptying shelves.
Merchandise storewide at 215 Royal Poinciana Way will be priced at 50% off as of April 24, Candice Cohen, the store’s owner, told the Palm Beach Daily News.
The discount is a steeper price cut than the one that began April 13 — shortly after Cohen announced the shop’s closure — when she dropped prices by 25%.
Cohen has said the store will close at the end of April following 37 years in business on Palm Beach’s historic Main Street. Rising operating costs, including rent, made the running the store impossible to maintain, she previously said.
The Palm Beach Book Store has a loyal following of shoppers who have found in the shop a mix of best-sellers and distinctive tomes hand-picked by Cohen. People have constantly commented on how well-curated the store is, Cohen said. “It was a reflection of how much we cared, and how much you noticed,” she wrote in a letter to customers at the beginning of April.
She thanked the community for its support over the years. When she opened her store, she wrote, it was because she believed in the power of books to connect and inspire: “What I didn’t fully anticipate was how much this community would give back to me in return.”
Once the shop closes, Palm Beach will be left with three bookstores — the general interest Classic Bookstore on South County Road, the specialty-book shop Assouline in Royal Poinciana Plaza, and Worth Avenue’s Raptis Rare Books, which sells first-editions and other collectible books.
More information about The Palm Beach Book Store is available at ThePalmBeachBookStore.com or by calling 561-659-6700.
Kristina Webb is a reporter for Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at kwebb@pbdailynews.com. Subscribe today to support our journalism.
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