by Iris As booksellers at ABC, certain days of the year are more important than others. Thanksgiving is one of those days, and the last Saturday before Christmas. And then there's the first Monday of February: inventory day! Inventory checking, also known as stocktaking, is "the physical verification of the [...]
by Iris Did you know that today, January 16th, is 'Appreciate a Dragon' Day? No? Well, every day is a school day, as they say! To commemorate the occasion appropriately, we've assembled a short list of dragon books for your perusal. There's much more out there, of course, and we highly [...]
by Iris A brand new year is here! Happy 2026, everyone! For many people, this is the moment they set themselves a reading challenge for the upcoming year. We have gathered a few fun ones for you to check out. The yearly Goodreads Reading Challenge is a classic: all [...]
by Iris Only two more sleeps until Christmas! If you're starting to freak out (because you still have presents to buy, and time is slowly but surely running out – not to scare you, or anything), worry not: we have assembled some recommendations to help out even the most last-minute shopper. [...]
by Else (This is the fourth installment in an ongoing series. You can find part 1, 2, and 3 here.) I AM BACK! I have returned to gush about the love of my life, my one true love, Malazan Book of the Fallen. We're up to book four already! Time flies [...]
by Iris This holiday season, we are raising funds for Nationaal Fonds Kinderhulp. This is a Dutch organization that supports children and young people up to 21 years old in the Netherlands who are growing up in poverty. Through their Kinderzwerfboek project, started in 2010, they help bring books to [...]
by Iris Another wonderful Thanksgiving celebration is behind us. Food, chats, and (not unimportantly) extra discounts were shared across all three stores, and we were very happy to see so many of your faces. Of course we also brought back our Blind Book Bundles. We shared a little bit about the [...]
by Iris Sharing food has always been an important part of any Thanksgiving celebration. At ABC, we host a Baked Goods Potluck in all three stores to represent that part of Thanksgiving Day. But starting in 1994 and lasting until well in the 2000s, we used to organize a full-blown dinner! [...]
by Else & Iris Iris Thanksgiving is a long-standing tradition at ABC, and this year we are once again celebrating with fun activities, baked goods, and extra discount for all customers (check out the full itineraries of our Amsterdam, The Hague and Leidschendam stores on our Events Page!). In recent years, [...]
by Else (This is the third installment in an ongoing series. You can read part 1 here, and part 2 here.) Welcome back to the series that is going to go on for so long, at the end you'll be sick of me. But I still won't be sick of my [...]
