Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Harvard Book Store
Heads up: Local to the Cambridge area only. No AI-generated content; no spiral or staple bindings. They can't respond to all submissions. Closed to new consignments November 1-January 15. Their site blocks direct fetching; read with a page reader.
Locally owned Cambridge landmark since 1932, with new, used and remaindered books and a big author-event series.
- Location
- Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
- Address
- 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
- Website
- www.harvard.com
- Submission page
- Open the shop's page ↗
- Pitch method
- Form
- Terms
- Consignment: 60% of cover price to the author; all transactions in person; unsold copies must be claimed within three months
- Buying model
- Consignment
- Split & fees
- 60% of each sale to the author
- Local only
- Yes: authors local to the Cambridge area
- Maker preferences
- no AI-generated content, spine with visible title
- Replies
- Only if interested
- Buying windows
- no new consignments November 1-January 15
- Samples
- Don't mail copies
- Carries
- Books
- Not listed
- Last verified
- 2026-10-17
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