Morris Book Shop: Links

Links to other Fine Businesses

We've worked with some great businesses and other organizations to get our store on its feet. Many of them are right here in Lexington (and lots of those are on Southland Drive). Here are our favorites:

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	Local First Lexington is a new organization formed on the principle that making your purchases with local independent businesses, whenever you can, is good for you. It's good for Lexington's economy, culture, and environment. The Morris Book Shop is proud to be a founding member of Local First Lexington.
	Alden Woodworks comprises Mark Hendricks and his knowledgable crew, who built our all-wood checkout counter and our main tabletop display pieces. They do excellent work, always on schedule.
Blaydes Custom Restoration 3110 Montavesta Drive Lexington, Kentucky 859-621-8627	Blaydes Custom Restoration can execute any, or every, facet of your next restoration project. Their honesty and professionalism is becoming well-known throughout Lexington. Master 'lectrician Phil Smyth took care of all our electrical & data wiring jobs.
	Cricket Press is the designing duo also known as Brian and Sara Turner. You've seen their great work around Lexington: smart hand-printed silkscreen posters, cards, and other designs (they created our handsome grand opening poster). Morris Book Shop now features Cricket Press cards & gifts as well as other local handmade items. Visit the Cricket Press website for a tour of their beautiful work.
	IndieBound.org is a project of the American Booksellers Association. IndieBound seeks to raise awareness of the independent bookstores and other retailers in every community. Before your next trip, use their indie store finder to locate the great indepedent bookstores on your route or at your destination.
	Ingram Book Company is the nation's largest book distributor. While so many large companies succeed "by the numbers" so as to serve an invisible consensus, Ingram people understand that personal, professional service should exist at every level of business. Former Lexingtonian Marsha Wood took great care of us in the months before we opened, and continues to look out for us to this day.
	Larkspur Press is Kentucky's premium letterpress, producing handset pages beautifully bound. In this digital age, it's a comfort to know that some people know how to do things by hand, and Gray Zeitz of Larkspur is most certainly one of those people. Check out our Larkspur collection at the bookstore.
	James Shambhu is the talented artist who created & mounted all of our wall signs. He's an excellent painter and graphic artist: check out his work at the James Shambhu website.
	The University Press of Kentucky is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, and they offer an outstanding collection of Kentucky and Appalachian books as well as many other subjects. The Morris Book Shop proudly carries the majority of UPK's impressive list.

Used Bookstores in Lexington
The Morris Book Shop isn't just a new store, we also sell new books, which means we don't deal in used, antique, or out-of-print books. Fortunately, Lexington already has some great used bookstores. Click here for a directory of Lexington's many fine used book merchants.

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