Landmark Booksellers in downtown Franklin is giving readers even more ways to connect with the longtime Main Street bookstore by bringing more of the experience online. Readers will find new tools to discover books, follow favorite authors, save titles, track purchases, and stay connected between visits.
In introducing the changes, Landmark describes it as giving readers “a corner of the website that belongs to you.” LandmarkBooksellers.com now includes personalized accounts, saved reading lists, author notifications, in-store pickup, purchase history, daily best sellers, signed books, and an online way to track progress through Landmark’s Great Wall reading collection.
Landmark also gives local authors a more prominent online presence, building on its longstanding support for writers from Franklin and the surrounding area.
Your Corner of Landmark Booksellers
At the center of the updated online offerings is My Landmark, a personalized account where customers can track saved books, events, purchases, and account information in one place.
My Landmark includes four main areas:
- My Events connects readers with Landmark’s upcoming events calendar, including art crawls, book signings, author events, and open mics. Visitors can view event details and RSVP through the site, and any events they sign up for are then saved in My Landmark with the date for easy reference.
- Saved Books is a new feature that lets readers ‘heart’ books they want to save. Readers can also follow authors through the site. Saved books and followed authors then appear in My Landmark. Books can be added to the cart later, while following an author allows readers to receive updates about new releases, signed pre-orders, and upcoming appearances at Landmark.
- Profile & Addresses stores contact and shipping information to make future checkouts faster.
- Order & Purchase History creates a running record of books purchased through Landmark.
Customers do not need to create and remember a traditional password. After selecting “Sign in,” they enter their email address and receive a six-digit code.
More Ways to Find and Buy Books
For busy readers, Landmark is making it easier to get a book without adding extra time to the day.
Book pages now include a Pickup Order option alongside the regular Add to Cart button. Customers can order online, select in-store pickup at checkout, and have their books waiting at the front desk at Landmark’s downtown Franklin store.
Another convenience is on the way. Landmark says DoorDash delivery is coming soon, which will give customers the option to have books delivered directly to their door. Additional details, including when the service will launch and where delivery will be available, have not yet been announced.
Customers can also search Landmark’s inventory by title, author, or ISBN, making it easier to see whether a book is available before heading to the store. If a title is not currently on Landmark’s shelves, the website offers a “Track This Down For Me” option. Landmark says it can usually have most requested titles in hand within a few days for pickup in Franklin or shipping.
Readers can also get a look at what other Landmark customers are buying. The From Our Shelves best-seller list is updated daily based on books actually being sold by the bookstore, offering an online snapshot of what Franklin is reading.
Signed books have their own dedicated area on the homepage as well. The collection brings together signed books and signed pre-orders currently available through Landmark, including some editions the bookstore says are exclusive arrangements with authors and unavailable elsewhere.
Another Landmark tradition now has an interactive online component. The Great Wall is a collection of roughly 200 notable books arranged chronologically from antiquity through the present day. Readers can mark books they have already read, add unread titles to their list, and watch their completed-book count increase as they work through the collection.
Landmark’s Local Author Community
While the online offerings have expanded, Landmark’s focus on local authors remains.
The independent bookstore has developed an extensive network of writers from Franklin and the surrounding Nashville area and regularly promotes their work through book sales, author events, signed copies, and other programs.
Those writers have a prominent online presence through the Local Authors Page. Landmark identified 321 writers living and working in and around Franklin, with individual pages featuring author photos, biographies, books, and events. Readers can also follow individual authors to receive updates about new books, signed pre-orders, and appearances at Landmark.
Writers from Franklin and the surrounding area can submit their information at no charge to be considered for Landmark’s Local Authors Page, where readers can discover area writers, their books, and upcoming events.
Authors who would like Landmark to consider carrying a specific title can use the Submit Your Book option. This is a separate process from appearing on the Local Authors Page and is specifically for books being considered for Landmark’s shelves.
Landmark also works with authors on book launches and events. Writers with an upcoming release can arrange signed pre-orders, with the bookstore handling the online listing, orders, packing and shipping. Readers can request personalized inscriptions for certain copies, and Landmark says those pre-order sales are reported to The New York Times and BookScan during an author’s release week.
Authors can also work with Landmark on signings and readings at the bookstore. For events held elsewhere, Landmark can provide an on-site book table.
Landmark also offers Author Resources, where writers can find tools and guidance, including access to LiteraryApp, an all-in-one marketing platform built for authors.
Read, Collect and Connect With Landmark
Readers can also engage with Landmark beyond buying a new book.
Through Sell My Books, customers can tell Landmark about pre-owned books, personal collections, or estates they are interested in selling. Landmark generally offers cash or store credit in exchange for books and is especially interested in rare books, first editions, signed copies, hardcovers, classics, Civil War titles, and books related to Franklin or Nashville. The bookstore does not accept paperbacks, library books, textbooks, or books in poor condition.
The Landmark Book Clubs are in-person reading groups that gather around great books at the downtown Franklin store. The website lists each group’s upcoming meeting times, current reading selections, and links to purchase the books. Readers can also sign up for updates from individual groups to keep up with future meetings and selections.
Readers can also explore Landmark’s Book Subscription Program, which lets subscribers choose from a dozen curated series. Books are selected by Landmark’s booksellers, wrapped, and sent each month. Options include poetry, historical fiction, true crime, Franklin-focused choices, and more.
Landmark Booksellers in Downtown Franklin
Landmark Booksellers has been part of downtown Franklin since 2005, operating from a historic building at 114 E. Main Street. The independent bookstore carries new, used, and rare books, signed editions, literary classics, regional titles, and contemporary releases, while also serving as a gathering place for author appearances, book signings, and reading groups.
Landmark has its own literary connection as well. Franklin author Karen Kingsbury has said the bookstore helped inspire her novel The Bridge, which centers on a small-town bookstore and was later adapted for television.
Landmark says the online changes are not intended to replace a visit to Main Street. Instead, the new tools are designed to keep readers connected between visits, whether they are saving a book for later, ordering one for pickup, or following an author for news about a new release.
The result is an expanded online version of what Landmark has long offered in downtown Franklin: a place to discover books, connect with authors, and be part of the local literary community.
