FREEPORT — Sherman’s Books & Stationery, which has a location in Freeport, was awarded a $7,500 grant in December from bestselling novelist James Patterson. Sherman’s was one of 81 independent bookstores named by Patterson, who has given more than $1 million to independent bookstores this past year.
Sherman’s intends to use the grant money to spruce up its original store in Bar Harbor. The Bar Harbor store, Maine’s oldest bookstore, “is starting to show its age,” said owner Jeff Curtis. “Mr. Patterson’s program to help small, independent bookstores will help us bring the Bar Harbor store into the 20th, if not the 21st, century.”
Sherman’s, opened in 1886, has five stores located in Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Freeport and its newest store in Portland’s Old Port.
Patterson has sold 300 million books worldwide and has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, including more #1 bestsellers for children than any other living author.
In a statement announcing the grants, Patterson said, “Here’s to a joyful holiday season for booksellers everywhere. Yes, joyful! Here’s to more parents and grandparents … giving their kids books — yes, books — for Christmas and other holidays.”
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