Unpacking the Bookstore

Bible Depot Helps Them That Help Themselves

With its vibrant blue exterior, Bible Depot catches the eye of passing visitors and locals alike. Well, the paint job isn’t the most eye-catching aspect of the outside of the store, not when ‘Bible Depot” is sprawled, with large white letters, across the side of...

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At The Center Of It All: Bibles

When entering Bible Depot, the feeling of the merchandise leaning in close to whisper, “Come in, please, look around,” was close to my first experience when walking into the bookstore. When the door opens the customer is faced with shelves, a wide variety of a...

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The Longevity of Niche Bookstores

A Brief History of Bible Depot Bible Depot opened in Sunbury, Pennsylvania in 1931 (exact date unknown) on Market Street, the hub of activity for the town. At some point in the 1940s, the owner, Reverend James C. Ney, wanted to expand and decided more space was...

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