The Nook

Bring your little ones and join us tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9:30am for a Mother’s Day Storytime with bookseller Lora!📚💐 Storytime at The Nook is always free to attend. Hope to see you there!

Happy May💐 Join us this month for book clubs, audiobook walks, storytime, and more! Our first Audiobook Walk w/ @librofm of the month is tomorrow at 7:30am. Meet us out front at The Nook to kick off the first farmers market of the season! We’re introducing a new book club partnership this month with @singlespeedcftaproom called Banned Books & Beers. Grab your copy at The Nook for 10% off, then our meeting will take place at SingleSpeed with specialty drinks available for purchase! We also included a few sneak peeks at additional book club partnerships coming in June! We hope to see you this month:) If you’ve been thinking about joining a book club, this is your sign. Our book club picks are always 10% off at The Nook📚

May is justtt about here, which means it’s time to pre-order some of the most anticipated upcoming releases! Pre-order any upcoming title on our online webstore for 10% off. The discount applies automatically at checkout:) Pre-ordering a book before its release helps indie bookstores like ours know how many copies to stock and guarantees your copy as soon as it’s released!

Indie Bookstore Day Weekend at The Nook🎈📚 THANK YOU so much for coming out to support our shops this weekend, and for supporting us any chance you get throughout the year. We appreciate it tremendously. We are so lucky to have the absolute best customers, and the most incredible booksellers and baristas. We wouldn’t be here without all of you🤍 (Passport drawing winners will be announced later this week!)

This weekend!!🤩 Grab an Indie Bookstore Day Weekend Passport, visit all three shops, and make a purchase at each location to earn a stamp. Collect all three stamps and turn in your completed passport by Sunday at 7pm to be entered into a prize drawing! See you tomorrow🥳🎈📚☕️

Our favorite weekend of the year is almost here…eeeek!!🤩 On Saturday morning, we’ll be handing out a variety of door prizes to the first 30 people in line at The Nook. BUT we’ll also be randomly handing out a few $25 gift cards to those who are beyond the first 30 in line. We’ve got lots of prizes prepped, so be sure to swing by early!🥳🤍 P.S. We finally got our pots filled with pretty spring flowers💐

Midwest Indie Bookstore Roadmaps are officially here and we’ve got two bookshops on the map this year!🥳 These will be available for the taking at both The Nook and @booksonmain.cf beginning this Saturday on Indie Bookstore Day🎈 See you soon!!

Our first Audiobook Walk w/ @librofm , on Earth Day too!!🌿 Thanks so much for joining us:) Our next Audiobook Walk will be on Saturday, May 2nd @ 7:30am, a morning stroll before the first farmers market of the season!

We’re hiding a golden ticket at both The Nook and Books on Main this Saturday, April 25th, for Indie Bookstore Day!!🥳🎈 If you find one of our golden tickets, you’ll receive 12 free audiobook credits from @librofm ! If you haven’t used Libro.fm before, it’s an audiobook app that lets you listen while supporting your favorite independent bookstore. Thanks so much to @librofm for supporting indies and for hosting this giveaway. We hope to see you this Saturday! The Nook opens at 8am and BOM opens at 9am. Swing by early😉 #indiebookstoreday2026 #librofmgoldenticket #independentbookstoreday #cedarfallsiowa #lovethecfdistrict

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day Weekend at The Nook, Books on Main, and Reader’s Cup! Join us on Saturday, April 25th, and Sunday, April 26th, for a weekend celebrating indie bookstores, with plenty of bookish fun planned at all three shops! Start your weekend on Saturday morning at 8am at The Nook for door prizes for the first 30 people! Then enjoy the following specials all weekend long, while supplies last: The Nook: - Blind Dates w/ a Book: Take a chance on a surprise book wrapped just for you! Genres vary. - Spin our Prize Wheel! (Limit one spin per customer) - Free Gift with Purchase: Spend $50 or more and receive a gift while supplies last. Books on Main: - Free Button with Purchase: Spend $15 or more and receive one of our exclusive branded buttons! - Free Book with Purchase: Spend $25 or more and choose a free book from our selected titles while supplies last. Reader’s Cup: Stop in for our specialty drink menu and themed treats all weekend long, and enjoy a free mini cake cup while supplies last. Golden Ticket Giveaway: We’re hiding a golden ticket in both The Nook and Books on Main! Find the golden ticket to receive 12 free audiobook credits from @librofm , an alternative audiobook platform designed to support your favorite indie bookstores. Indie Bookstore Day Weekend Two-Day Passport: Visit all three shops during Indie Bookstore Day Weekend, collect a stamp with each purchase, and turn in your passport to be entered into our prize drawing! And More: Indie Bookstore Roadmaps will be available + exclusive indie merchandise! ***All prizes and giveaways are available while supplies last. Come celebrate with us and support your local indie bookstores. We can’t wait to see you there!📚

Happy Saturday📚 Stop in and browse our bestsellers and staff picks, you might just find your next favorite read:) We’re open until 7pm today, and all of our shops will be closed on Sunday for Easter. #lovethecfdistrict #cedarfallsia #cedarfallsiowa #indiebookstore

Happy April📚🌷 We have a full calendar of events at The Nook this month! Easter Egg Hunt: Join us tomorrow through Saturday for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Eggs will be hidden throughout The Nook, Reader’s Cup, and Books on Main and filled with candy, coupons, or gift cards. This hunt is for adults and kids! Limit 1 egg per person for the week. Eggs are visibly hidden, so no need to rummage through bookshelves!! Be sure to come early, there’s only a limited number of eggs hidden each day. Bookish Craft Night: Later in the month we’re hosting our first Bookish Craft Night at Books on Main. Join us for a guided craft night to create a folded book flower vase. All supplies are included. Registration is $20 and tickets can be purchased on the Books on Main website. Audiobook Walk with Libro.fm: Join us on Earth Day! Meet at The Nook, press play on your current audiobook through the Libro.fm app, and stroll with us through Washington Park. The first 20 attendees will receive a free audiobook credit courtesy of Libro.fm. Indie Bookstore Day Weekend: Our favorite weekend of the year! We have bookish fun planned all weekend long at all three shops. More information on all of our events can be found on our website. It’s going to be a fun month at The Nook, we hope to see you!🌼 (Also, this is not an April fools post because I’m too lame🫠)