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About Me

Bringing literacy to the wilds of Jefferson County, MO since 1997! Books Galore buys, sells, and trades books, games, dvd's, music cd's, video games, and more! From '97-'02, we were located in DeSoto, MO, and then relocated to the Festus / Crystal City, Missouri area in mid '02.We've gone from a tiny 800 square feet in our 1st incarnation, to 1900 square feet in the 2nd store, to 4050 square feet in the 3rd, to our current 1500 square feet store. Yes, smaller, but our selection is better than ever, and we're a stone throw away from a great Mexican restaurant, La Pachanga.I'm the owner, John Gilbert, and couldn't do this store without the help of my family, employees, and the best customers in the world!Interesting trades considered!Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

We stock most popular categories, but work hard to keep a good selection of classic literature, science fiction, fantasy, and history.

I'd like to meet:

More booklovers and potential customers! How about a famous author or two, brave enough to venture into the hinterlands of Jefferson County?

Music:

In store, you're likely to hear a variety of music, often KDHX 88.1 community radio station or NPR, and many others that we consider conducive to relaxed browsing. Currently surf & instrumental stuff, getting heavy play.

Movies:

We have a growing selection of DVD's, new stuff in most every week.

Television:

TV in a bookstore? No way, except that tiny one behind the counter to test games and systems. No, I don't sit around playing video games... too much to do!

Books:

Over 25,000 of 'em in stock, we cram this little space full!

Heroes:

Local business owners that help other local business owners! Faithful readers, you folks amaze me.

My Blog

What we're reading

I've begun polling some of the staff on what they've been reading, as well as what books are in "the stack" of to-reads. I'll try to make this somewhat regular. Barbara: Apparently on a Le...
Posted by Books Galore Festus, MO on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:54:00 PST

that crazy book place

Put in a full in-store day today, not a bad one. Introduced Mr. Kincaid to Aaron, the "new guy." He rubbed his hands together with a mischievous look - a new one to give some hell! ...
Posted by Books Galore Festus, MO on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:25:00 PST

Zen Guitar and Margaritas

Very late. Getting close to having another batch of shirts run off for the store, been putting off a lot of people. I hate to use the dreaded pipeline excuse, so let's just say they're for...
Posted by Books Galore Festus, MO on Sun, 13 May 2007 11:20:00 PST

Books Galore Coffee - customers rave!

Thanks to Dan "the gunslinger" Schwent, Books Galore has a coffee pot and is serving up some fresh brew! I'm determined that our customers have just the right amount of warmth and caffeine to pe...
Posted by Books Galore Festus, MO on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:59:00 PST

9+ Years of Books Galore

Just cracked my old 90's journal, always make me think you've come a long way baby! The whole inspiration for that type of journal came from Brian Eno's A Year With Swollen Appendices, although ...
Posted by Books Galore Festus, MO on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:21:00 PST

What I'm Reading...

On the reading pile, just finished Red Dwarf Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, Lawrence Block's Grifter's Game (talk about a coldhearted ending...). Reading a couple of recording books: C...
Posted by Books Galore Festus, MO on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:06:00 PST

Recent Reads: Contrary to popular belief

Hello all, Contrary to popular belief, yours truly does find time to read now and again. Recent reads include P. G. Wodehouse All About Jeeves vol. 2 short story collection, The Historian...
Posted by Books Galore Festus, MO on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:58:00 PST