Welcome to the new and improved Duck's Cottage.com! We have spent the past year building our new IndieCommerce site and are pleased to finally open it up for business!! We will continue to make small tweaks over the next few weeks but here's what you will find- our ever popular artisanal roasted coffees... signature mugs, tees, totes and hats... an always growing list of terrific books on Outer Banks history, local art, regional cooking and more... the ability to purchase signed books from author events... AND the opportunity to purchase almost ANY book in print, ANY time of day or night, from your favorite Independent bookstore! That's right.. our site is backed by an extensive inventory system allowing us to fulfill your every book wish. Looking for John Grisham's latest bestseller? We got it. Need a Spanish-English student dictionary? We got it. The latest young adult must have novel? Got it. Go ahead and play around with our search engine. It's all right here at your fingertips- the power to order whatever you want while supporting a locally owned, independent business. Unchain yourself- start shopping small online!

You can keep a wish list here on our site, too! Keep track of what you'd like to read or books you'd like to be gifted. Send books as gifts- you can also do that here. Use our event calendar to see what's happening next at both stores. Check out the book lists to see what we've been reading, hand-selling or recommending in Notes from the Pond, our email newsletter. Instant access to our newsletter archive and both of our Facebook pages are also right here as are the latest IndieBound picks- books that are the current favorites of indie bookstores across the country. Are you an e-reader? We are proud to be able to offer Kobo ebooks via our site. The Kobo Glo e-reader is available here for purchase, but what if you already have a digital device? Download the Kobo app to your Nook, I-pad, smart phone or other e-reader (sorry, K word not spoken here). Use our co-branded Kobo site to download e-books and you will be supporting an Indie bookstore with every virtual page you turn! 

As a special grand opening gift, we're offering a FREE E-BOOK of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving now through Monday, May 27th! If you don't have a Kobo reader, don't worry! You can download the free app to almost any device and get started reading today! Plus, when you use this link to get the app and then use our store for future downloads, you'll be supporting an independent bookstore! Here's a little bit about the book-

Benjamin Benjamin has lost virtually everything—his wife, his family, his home, his livelihood. With few options, Ben enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals of Caregiving taught in the basement of a local church. There Ben is instructed in the art of inserting catheters and avoiding liability, about professionalism, and how to keep physical and emotional distance between client and provider. But when Ben is assigned to nineteen-year-old Trev, who is in the advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, he discovers that the endless mnemonics and service plan checklists have done little to prepare him for the reality of caring for a fiercely stubborn, sexually frustrated adolescent. As they embark on a wild road trip across the American West to visit Trev’s ailing father, a new camaraderie replaces the traditional boundary between patient and caregiver.

So, to review: Peace. Love. Coffee. Books. It's all right here at the new and improved Duck's Cottage dot com! TA DAH!!

*as always, should you ever have a question or encounter an issue while shopping our online store please don't hesitate to call us at either store! You'll find all of our contact information in the banner on our home page.