Legacy Books

I heard that its closed from a friend recently.
it just reminded me of the 1^st review I did in 2008 for them
«like the place, really hope/​wish they could really survive»
Duh…I wish I could manage it myself

I stopped by yesterday to get my wifi on and they had a sign out front that said permanently closed.
the sky darkened and the sky began to weep. I am not sure if they gods were as sad as me of if the forecast called for rain.
but legacy books I will pour out a little of my non-​fat triple shot mocha latte in your memory.
peace be with you.

This is one of my favorite bookstores outside of the usual Barnes and Noble and Borders. The store is light and airy and always smells good, like coffee and intelligence. :) The store is very well organized and doesn’t have that closed in feeling. They have great couches and seating all over the store, including in the café. It is great to be able to sit there with my laptop and utilize their free wi fi.
They always have the top bestselling authors with special preference to local authors. I am so glad there is a place that I can go see authors without being crowded and cluttered up. I always come to this store to find the hard to locate book and they always seem to have it.
This is a great place to come and read, chill and meet great people.

Move aside Borders/​Barnes & Noble, this is my new fav bookstore in the metroplex. Legacy Bookstore is tucked away in the doucheland that is The Shops at Legacy but doesn’t live up to the stereotype. LB consists of 3 levels of wide aisles, tons of books/​periodicals, and a coffee shop that serves Peet’s coffee! Free wi-​fi is standard and there are some pretty cool couch/​seats on each level for your lounging needs. There’s not many study areas for my fellow students but they do have many power outlets near the seats. They have some sort of class seating on the 3^rd floor and even keep the art books in a separate black room. There’s plenty of parking in the garage next door.

I love this spot! Any bookstore is a great place for intellectual escape, but Legacy Books is an independent bookstore so it def takes my paperback cake! Plus it’s right around the block from my apt! And apparently it attracts celebs (Sarah Palin and Mike & Mike have made cameos)! It’s got a great selection (though not the biggest) with friendly staff and I dig the contemporary interior! And the café sells Peet’s Coffee & Tea!!! I’m from San Francisco and can’t find it anywhere in Texas, except for Hobby airport in Houston (WTF?!) Stop by and scope a good read and some Peet’s coffee sometime!
…but then Legacy Books closed recently and I cried myself to sleep.

My husband and I used to love the Legacy bookstore until they started imposing ridiculous rules and regulations on their customers. We buy a lot of books there and like to get coffee in their café, but today we were rudely put off by some middle aged snipe stuffed in a pencil skirt that works there and we will never return or recommend them to anyone.
The bookstore has chairs and tables everywhere that I THOUGHT were there for their customers to cozy up at with a book or magazine. However, the aforementioned pencil skirt magazine Nazi very rudely came up to me and informed me that «magazines are only allowed on the first level.» I’m sorry, what? What absolutely ridiculous rule is this? And if you’re going to impose such stupid rules on your customers that are keeping you in business (oh, whoops! did you forget this rule Nazi?), at least be nice when you ask me to do something so ridiculous. How about «Excuse me, I don’t mean to inconvenience you but we only allow magazines on the first floor.»
One of the workers awhile back told my husband that they were having a hard time staying in business and I felt bad for them… but now I know why. Don’t inconvenience your customers or be a total you know what.

This is the kind of bookstore I could spend all day in. It is beautiful, almost like a book museum. It was bright and organized and the small café sells Peet’s coffee (hells yeah). There are plenty of nooks and crannies to bury yourself into a book and I could literally spend hours getting lost here.
I attended a book signing and reading here last night (support my friend if you are an avid reader
) and I was so impressed how they handled the event. There are many levels of this place (and an elevator if you are lazy), and the event was held on the top level. They set up chairs (with comfy cushions on them) and even had her book and information displayed on 2 huge flat screen plasma TV’s on the wall. It was very impressive.
I would highly recommend supporting a local store and let the corporate monsters suffer!

I absolutely adore Legacy Books. I could spend hours here.
I love the layout and archetecture of the building and the lounge-​type furniture. The coffee shop has some nice offerings including frozen hot chocolate (yeah it’s a milkshake but it sounds special!).
The sections of the bookstore that really shine: 1. Graphic novels 2. Cooking 3. Children’s. I enjoy the first two and if I needed something that I couldn’t find used I would come to Legacy for those sections.
I also enjoy the recommendations from the staff, numerous book clubs that I can’t attend because I live so far away, local author signings.
Finally, one thing that I find mega cool are the cooking classes inspired by different cookbooks. I think this is awesome and I would love to go sometime.
Legacy is a great bookstore. I’m kind of glad I don’t live closer because my paycheck would basically fly into their cashier drawers.

What a neato bookstore! I’m a lover of books, so really any bookstore is my haven… but this one was so different. Plus, it’s local! I’m all about giving my moneys to locals.
Likes:
— The layout: 3 floors, all different but things were easy to find
— Wide and open: natural light came in from every which direction
— Friendly staff: the checkouts were easy to find and the staff was really helpful
— Upstairs meeting area: I was there for DMag’s Reading Room party, and we had a lot of room to move and mingle
— Ample parking: between the garage and designated Legacy Books parking spots in front, you won’t have any problems
Dislikes:
— Umm, nothing. I’m a book nerd.
Plano-​ites, I’m really jealous you have such a great bookstore so close. I think I’ll pay a visit every time I’m up there!

Like architecture? You’ll love Legacy Books. It is a very beautiful space near a lot of uneducated people. While in Legacy Books you wouldn’t know that you were near 6 major bars all full of pretentious North Dallas $ 30,000 millionaires. Granted it is chic in it’s own way it still reaches out to the intellectual in ways that the modern bookstore does not.
For instance, events for this month consist of an SMU writing course, cooking demo, and artists’ meet and greet. I can visit Legacy Books at any time and get a large dose of reading done in a short amount of time.
Have kids? Bring’em; their kids section is great and inviting for kids. It actually makes them want to read! I highly recommend Legacy Books to anyone, if they don’t have your book, just ask!

Barnes and Noble alternative in looks alone. There is a lot of variety, but the selection is only okay. It might be a «local» bookstore, but it has a chain bookstore feel.
I’m not fond of the style. It’s very minimalist and clean, almost trying to mimic a Mac store. Great for those who know exactly what they want in popular literature, but it gives off a «Look, but don’t touch!» feel. Very cold. Very uninviting.
Coffee isn’t my thing so I can’t comment on that, but their hot chocolate is slightly too bitter for my taste.

The space and design of the store? Awesome. Previously, I’d enjoyed single offerings of the Shops at Legacy but had a bad opinion of the overall area due to the high percentage of breast implants and golf douches. On my visit, they were certainly out in force. But the development is really great and should be acknowledged as such even by anti-​suburb types like me. The Shops is superior to Mockingbird Station and the West Village in size and appeal.
As for the bookstore, design aside, it offers little more than a B&N or Borders. An article or blog post on the local alt-​weekly site praised Legacy Books for having a more knowledgeable and less apathetic staff than its chain competitors. It’s possible. But the «staff recommends» section was even less interesting than you’d see at a Borders. Ayn Rand and Donna Tartt? Really? The selection on those shelves was very conventional. Yet the actual bookstore aisles featured actually compelling staff recs far beyond the usual 17-​y-​o-​and-​smoking-​pot shelf. More of this, please.
Coffee was pretty good. The whole experience asks you to spend list price vs. bestseller discounts at conventional store vs. heavy discounts on Amazon to «subsidize» the independent bookstore experience. I’d like Legacy Books to continue to differentiate itself in term of experience but doubt it’ll be open in 12 months.

I was expecting a bit more from this bookstore. Biggest bookstore in the US? By what measurement?
Yes, the space is big, but the selection was not great. The periodical selection was especially dismal for an indie bookstore. They seemed to have a fair amount of fiction, especially for the book club /​summer reader, and I’d say that is its strong suit. The books highlighted and displayed were not very literary or interesting.
More than anything, Legacy reminded me of a nice mall bookstore… the kind you used to see before Borders and Barnes & Noble. If I lived in Dallas, I’m sure I would try to shop here instead of a chain, but it pales in comparison to something like Powell’s in Portland.
As far as the space itself went, I actually liked it. Yes, it wasn’t cozy or warm, but I think the modern feel goes well with the area.
If you like bookstores, Legacy Books is definitely worth checking out. It just doesn’t seem like the kind of bookstore I would cherish or love.

This place is cool looking inside and all, the problem is they don’t have a great selection of books. Upstairs there is a section for Art & Architecture cut into a little corner of the store with it black walls and celling lighting that seems more suited for new-​age spiritual books. I dunno it just seems like after five minutes being in that quiet little room you just get a sense of calm over you
.
If anyone been to the Rothko Chapel in houston this little place reminds me of being inside there. It might sound like I’m over exaggerating here, which I am. Maybe it was the fact I was looking at Advant-​Garde art books at the time and that now I think about it make me want to «express myself» sarcastically.
Oh and downstairs after my pilgrimage to the «art room» I decided to quench my caffeine addiction and purchase a Grande Americano from a girl who look like she hated life or maybe just hated working there. Really dampened my spirits at the time after that joyful experience upstairs looking threw books about Man Ray. The only good thing from the ordeal with the misanthropist behind the barista bar is they make there drink’s using espresso from Peet’s Coffee that I enjoy very much.

Legacy Books is a book store and café. Now that may sound odd to say, but when you see that most of the «big book stores» are CD stores, cafes, hobby stores and novelty gift shops that also sell a lot of books. They are huge so that they can adequately store all that but I liked Legacy Books because they chose to be specialists and sell books. Yes, they have some gifty things and a little café, but when you are there you get the feeling that it’s a book store, not a big box store.
I am a SciFi and computer guy so thats what I base their selection scope on and it was not bad. They are missing the same authors that all of the other book stores are missing, and they have all the big names. Their computer books section was a bit lacking, but then I think most of us computer geeks buy computer books online these days.
The decoration was very modern and open and the staff was helpful but not in your face about it.
I liked it and I will go back. I must admit to being a long time fan of BN but I like the idea of helping out the «little guy».

Read the writeup of Legacy Books in the D magazine and since I found myself on a road trip in the area I thought I would give it a go. Holy cow yes, it is big, three stories in fact. It is also very urban chic like Rich said… light wood floors, leather chairs everywhere, shiny silver metal, open-​air kitchen/​café and the walls of windows make it feel very open and airy. They even have areas for book club meetings or author signings and a kitchen for demonstrations by cookbook authors. They had a small section of bargain books and an even smaller section of CDs. As far as book selections, they seemed to have most everything that all the other places would have. I’d say the difference is that the people working there seemed pretty excited about being there from what I saw. Also when I checked out with my book I found, the girl told me that the author was great. I asked if she’d read this book (I haven’t even heard of the author) and she said she had read his others, but her friends said this book was great. A cashier that actually likes to read and knows about non-​mainstream authors? Coolio. If it were closer to my house I would definitely go there all the time. As it is though I’ll just stop in whenever I find myself nearby.

I love independent bookstores. I enjoy the atmosphere; the setting is very airy with a lot of open space and plenty of seating. The Friday evening I was there, there was a local band playing on the 2^nd floor. The othere reviewers have provided good detail about this store. So yes, it has all the right combination that will bring me back again and again!

Legacy Books is beautiful. It’s a fabulous space — very open and welcoming. There’s a wonderful space upstairs for lectures and readings. Good selection — very friendly staff, expecially in the café. It’s in the midst of a huge new development of stores and restaurants — If I lived in the area, I would spent a huge amount of time here.

I love independent book stores. I believe there is an essential function for the indy bookstores; they are a social glue, a third place and are better able to respond to the community at large. I do think that we all crave a third place and I cannot picture what we would do without them.
Legacy Books features Peets Coffee — such a nice and needed feature. The café is nice and tiddy and has just the right features for eating and drinking.
Legacy Books has a fair number of authors coming to sign; these books are prominently featured in a strategic location on the main level next to the check out.
I love so many sections of this book store— cookbook spread is large and well done. The art-​coffee table book salon is a wonderful feature. I want everything in this room. Nice music, people and it’s all about the books and the art of the independent book seller.

This is a big independent bookstore that just opened near all that urban development on Legacy and the Tollway. It’s nice that it’s not a Barnes or Borders…
So it’s pretty urban chic with a lot of metal, hard wood floors, fancy sitting and what not. They do seem to have a great selection (it’s a huge store) and they have a big area on the 2^nd floor for lectures and a big cooking top in the café for cooking demonstrations.
Problem to me is that it just doesn’t have a very warm feel. It’s not the kind of place I’d go to sit for a while. It’s almost a little sterile feeling. I wish they made it more libraryesque with hard wood paneling, maybe a nice fireplace or somethin.
Anywho…it’s worth checkin out… and buying books there instead of the chains… but I had hoped for so much more…:)