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Preserving Your Vintage Magazines (May 26, 2020)
Clients on occasion come upon vintage magazines. They often wonder if they should keep them, sell them or send them to recycling. I...


COVID-19 Bookstore Operations (May 16, 2020)
The Captain's Book Shoppe Showroom was closed for fifty-seven days in order to assist in public efforts to mitigate the spread of...


Store-Front Remains Closed thru 15 May 2020 (as of APR 15, 2020)
Captain's Book Shoppe will open: Saturday, 15 May at 10 AM. Until that time, we continue to process online book orders. We are not...


Captain's Book Closed thru 30 April 2020 (Published April 8, 2020)
Captain's Book Shoppe remains closed through 30 April 2020. The store is expected to reopen on Friday, 1 May 2020 at 10 AM.


Captain's Book: Closed until 8 April 2020... (Published March 27, 2020)
Due to the pandemic, the Iowa Governor ordered all book stores in the State to remain closed from 27 March - 7 April 2020. Captain's Book...


Captain's Book COVID-19 Update (Published March 21, 2020)
The Captain's Book Shoppe continues to sell great books at fair prices. The Captain delivers orders in the Eastern Iowa area. The...


2020 Winter Store Hours (Published January 15, 2020)
Assisting Book Collectors, One Book at a Time.
Quality Books at Affordable Prices.

Bots vs the Cyborg (Published January 12, 2020)
Captain's Log: Stardate 2020: It was bound to happen. The first salvos between the bots and cyborgs... The cyber-sales-cops, (robot...


The Bots vs. the Cyborg (Published January 12, 2020)
"Bots do not know the difference between science fiction cyborg literature and porn."


What Do We Buy? (October 27, 2019)
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