Pelican Book Store

Perfect beach bookstore. Intimate and friendly with a small selection of new and used books in a large range of genres. Lots of fun beach and local history books. Not Barnes and Noble but who wants that at the beach. I would rather have them know my name and favorite authors.

The owner (I assume) is wonderful about recommending books based on my last ones read. Great beach reading!

I found the people working there very helpful. I liked the fact they have used and new books. There are books from all different genres. They have children’s books and plenty of fun greeting cards to choose from. I would return to this shop!

It’s ridiculous that the only review of this store gives it 1 star, because the person wasn’t greeted on arrival.
This is a small, pleasant bookstore in an area that doesn’t have very many. It has good hours (at least during the summer, when I am around). The staff are perfectly reasonable and friendly. The store has both new and used books. The inventory is mostly what you’d call beach reading, but it is in a beach town. It has a few shelves of classics if you’d like to try something more ambitious. Last time I was there (2 years ago), they still rented time on their computer at a reasonable rate, for people who didn’t bring a laptop or smart phone.
This is an unusual and valuable store, a real community treasure, and people should stop by and check it out.

It’s a small bookstore and I wasn’t expecting much in terms of selection, but I was very put off by the lack of service. My husband and I weren’t greeted when we entered (I was the one to say «hello») and the clerk never asked if we needed any help (there was no one else in the store for the first 10 minutes). When we made our purchase the clerk was unfriendly, rude, and even condescending. It’s a shame because my entire family loves to read when we come visit my grandfather at the beach. I’ll be sure they don’t visit this establishment.