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The Squirrel And Acorn Bookshop - Front of store

The Squirrel And Acorn Bookshop

4.1(7 reviews)
54.6 mi

t's a great place to hang out and browse books. What makes bookstores truly valuable is strong…read morerecommendations, and I always find books I want to read here. The only downside is that they can't compete with Amazon's prices, though they do compare well with Barnes & Noble. That's just the reality of running a brick-and-mortar business. Still, it's always worth a visit. The staff is consistently friendly. My only real critique isn't about the store itself, but more about how Amazon's pricing power can make it difficult for small businesses to compete, making this store feel prohibitively exspenive for a college student (especially for one who has free access to the Paterno Library).

Located right across the street from the Corner Room and Pickle's Tap Room on Allen Street, we were…read moresurprised to see a book store amongst all the bars and bicycle repair stores. My husband can never pass up the change to check out a book store so we stopped in and were greeted by a friendly cashier and quite a large selection of books. Very clean and bright, its a quiet but quaint store that offers best sellers, value books, and a surprising amount of Japanese/high quality notebooks, stationary and pens. I did hear several people asking about what books they carried and the cashier was able to pull books for them or offer let them know when the book was in stock so I imagine they're still getting a feel for what stock to carry. I picked up 2 books from the recommended wall that piqued my interest and look foreword to reading them. Price wise they sell for retail price so on par with the big box stores, so I'd rather support a small business. Its also eerily quiet inside so I'd like some soft background music otherwise I was able to hear every conversation around me. Other than that its a cute small book store in the heart of state college. A nice addition I look forward to visiting on our next trip up

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The Squirrel And Acorn Bookshop - Huge high quality pen/ink/calligraphy selection

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Bradley's Book Outlet

Bradley's Book Outlet

4.5(2 reviews)
56.4 mi

This Bradley's Book Outlet opened in 2016 at the Nittany Mall, which also has several locations in…read moreWestern PA and Youngstown OH (Southern Park Mall). This store carries new current books and magazines, and plenty of publisher overstocks and remainders at 40%-60%-80% & more off, plus 20%-30% off current New York Times paperback & hardcover bestsellers, 15% off all special orders and 10% off all hardcover new releases. They also stock Melissa & Doug items in the back of the store with picture, infant & toddler books. There are $1 books, holiday cards (60% off), calendars (50% off), $1 box kits, and special items too I spend a good amount of time at Bradley's Book Outlet browsing through the various travel books (some a few years old) which were all deeply discounted. Thisvstore has a decent variety of US travel & historic books, plus Europe, Middle East, and Mexico travel guides on the shelves. They also stock discounted "For Dummies" books too. I picked up a few travel journal books for light reading, which were less than $10 each. I make occasional visits to this Bradley's Books and their other locations (Pittsburgh area) to browse the changing selection of discounted books. You'll never know what you'll find here!

Went to the mall yesterday. Haven't been there in a while, stopped in a number of businesses and…read morethe first one was the book store. I'm giving this place a 5 star because the prices of books are relatively cheap!! From 3.99 to 12.00 for these massive history books also from a variety of history and time periods. Ancient, WW2, American, European, and some notable figures, etc etc (I love history). I'm sure the other books also have great deals! Need a book? This is the place.

Iron Rails - bookstores - Updated May 2026

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