About Us

The Maine Coast Book Shop was originally started in 1964 by the two Mosman sisters in the Day Block on Damariscotta’s Main Street. Their modest plan was to offer a selection of books, stationery & note cards and Bridge playing cards & tallies. They also were a rental library for new books. In 1972, Ewing Walker bought the bookshop, and a year or so later he hired Susan Porter as manager. The bookshop then moved across the street to the space now occupied by Sheepscot River Pottery in 1978.

It was 1986 when Susan, as well as Penny Walker and Barbara Cooney (children’s book illustrator & author) took over as owners. As the business grew and space became a problem again, it became apparent a decision had to be made: Stay Here and Stay Small or Move to a Big Space and Get Big. They chose to Get Big and so moved once again in the summer of 1993, back across the street to the old Yellow Front Grocery Store space in Lincoln Hall.

Susan Porter eventually assumed full ownership of the business and in 2000 decided to not only expand the store space AGAIN, but to purchase the entire ground floor of Lincoln Hall (which is a condominium, shared with the theater above), make major renovations and to add the café that Main Street has always cried out for. She put her husband to work on this plan, drove him hard, and in the spring of 2002 the all new, ever bigger Maine Coast Book Shop & Café opened its doors as the popular business you see today.

Bookshop Phone: 207-563-3207
Café Phone: 207-563-3370

TOLL FREE: (888) 563-3207
Email Address: mcbooks@midcoast.com

PO Box 309
158 Main Street
Damariscotta, ME 04543

The Frequent Buyer’s Club is our way of saying thank you to our loyal customers. For every ten regularly priced books, puzzles, calendars or toys you buy, you get a coupon that is worth ten percent of those ten purchases. The coupon prints out automatically, and the computer keeps track of each purchase. The coupon must be used within three months of the date it is printed.

We regularly take special book orders and have a great reputation for efficiency.You can either

(1) Call us at (207) 563-3207 or, toll free, at (888) 563-3207       

(2) Order online at mainecoastbookshop.com 

                      or

(3) Email us at mcbooks@midcoast.com, and we will be happy to see if we have the book you want on hand. If not, we can order it, which generally takes from a few days to a week.

We can ship directly to your home, or you can personally pick up the book in our store in Damariscotta.