{"id":232044,"date":"2026-06-30T18:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232044\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:57:32","slug":"books-galore-announces-final-chapter-after-43-years-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232044\/","title":{"rendered":"Books Galore Announces Final Chapter After 43 Years | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"books galore.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>After more than four decades in business, a beloved Erie bookstore is preparing to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/eriebooksgalore.wixsite.com\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Books Galore<\/a> on Peach Street will close its doors for good on July 31, 2026. The shop, founded by the late Duane Wallin, has been a longtime community staple, known for its wide selection of books, comics, games, and more.<\/p>\n<p>In a message shared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1G5zDBtyXc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media,<\/a> the store announced plans for a farewell event on its final day. Customers will be able to shop storewide discounts, enjoy refreshments, and share memories on a special in-store wall.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout July, regular hours will continue as everything in the store goes on sale. Customers are also encouraged to use any remaining gift cards before the closing date.<\/p>\n<p>Books Galore thanked its loyal customers for their support over the years, saying the business would not have thrived without the community behind it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than four decades in business, a beloved Erie bookstore is preparing to say goodbye. Books Galore&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[77222,100321,100322,136,138,137,436],"class_list":["post-232044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-books-galore","tag-bookstore-closing","tag-community-staple","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}