On Saturday, around 2:45 pm, our steadfast brick dividing wall became the victim of a senseless hit-and-run. John King Books is now seeking the driver involved in the hit and run at our downtown store.

John King personally thanks you for keeping us from being violently disassembled!

Ferndale was a much different place back in the 1980s. It was a sleepy bedroom community filled with aging couples whose children had grown and moved on. At one time, there were four drug stores at the corner of Woodward and 9 Mile, but within a few years, they had all moved out. Up the street from King Books North was another book store, Paperbacks Unlimited. There was a diner in the next block, a magic shop around the corner on 9-Mile, and further down was old Sam’s Jams U

To everyone who voted, visited, browsed, recommended us to friends, and turned our stacks into a local institution: thank you.