Sandman Books

02/17/2024

During the Victorian era, calling a book a "romance" had a different connotation. In those days, a romance was an adventure story: full of swashbuckling pirates, mistaken identity, revenge - and yes, love. The newest trend in fiction is "romantasy," where epic quests, dragons, and handsome villains harken back to those old "romance" novels...

https://www.sandmanbooks.com/romantasy-book-list

01/23/2024

Some long-awaited news updates (both happy and sad): https://www.sandmanbooks.com/sandman-blog

06/03/2023

Because i know you're going to ask next , Kitty Wan is doing great.

06/03/2023

Still no luck on finding a new location after the storm so we are building a sample to show investors how great we are at this and why they want us. Super grateful to Saugatuck Antique Pavilion for hosting this venture!

01/03/2023

We are so grateful to Sue Wade for putting all the chaos of the last few months into words.

If you'd like a clear, straightforward record of how 2022 knocked us down, here's the link for you:

PUNTA GORDA — The roof literally fell in on Sandman Books co-owner Scott Hill. Twice.

12/31/2022

Thanks to intrepid reporter Samantha Johns shining a light where it was needed, we now have a safe way to extract the books, so we can donate them to teachers tomorrow!

Boxes of books will be distributed in the parking lot tomorrow (12/31/22) for classrooms, teachers, schools, churches and libraries in need. If that's you (or you can pass a box along to someone who is), stop by after 1pm at 5240 Duncan Road, Punta Gorda, 33982

After being deemed safe, the roof that fell on the owner of Sandman Books, giving him a concussion, collapsed again. The owner of the closed bookstore doesn’t want the roof to fall again. Nevertheless, the store must be empty by the start of the new year, or everything inside will be thrown away. ...

12/30/2022

All of these books will go into the dumpster unless a code enforcement inspector shows up here TODAY, 12/30/2022

Can you help me get Charlotte County's attention? I don't know where else to turn except to hope that one of you knows the right people and can help us out today (12/30/22). The bookstore move is at a standstill while we wait for code enforcement, who promised to be here yesterday but never showed up. They must visit us TODAY or the rest of the books are lost forever. I'm not being dramatic. That is literally what will happen. If we don't get a code inspector here today, all the books go into the dumpster. I have no choice about it.

If you know someone, or know someone who knows someone, please forward them this email or have them call me at 239-281-9642 so we can get an inspector here today, 12/30/22. No matter what, I will be on site until at least five pm, JUST IN CASE someone finally shows up from the county.

12/29/2022

It shouldn't be like this. Bad people shouldn't get preferential treatment while hard working local businesses get thrown to the wolves.

Charlotte County Code Enforcement said they'd be here today (12/29) but they never showed up. We waited on site from 8am until 5pm.

Does anyone have a contact in Tallahassee who can help us get a building inspector to the site IMMEDIATELY? Someone HAS to come out and see this on December 30th. It must, absolutely MUST, happen before the end of the year. We have waited patiently for them to address this case, but we are out of time.

Sandman Books 5240 Duncan Road Punta Gorda Florida 33982

12/28/2022

https://www.winknews.com/2022/12/27/damaged-by-ian-sandman-books-roof-collapses-on-owner/

A bookstore owner was sent to the hospital after the roof collapsed on him in Charlotte County. Heidi Land and her husband own Sandman Books in Punta Gorda, which suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Ian. While Sandman Books was once considered a popular spot to hang out with friends, it metamor...

12/22/2022

Here's a list of new book recommendations from our resident bookseller, Kathy.

YES, you CAN order from the website during our move (each title is linked in the blog). In fact, please DO order from us! We love it when you shop local.

https://www.sandmanbooks.com/node/10907

12/21/2022

Boxing Day 1 and 2 complete

Edit to add: as soon as we have the info on location we will let you guys know! We only had 3 weeks notice to pack the entire store so things are in flux right now. And we are TIRED.

12/21/2022

Bookselling is so unpredictable