About Us

The Book Bin is an independent book store located in Onley, Virginia, along Route 13, the main thoroughfare of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Independently owned and operated, the Book Bin is a general interest bookstore committed to serving our community since 1980. As an independent bookstore, we are not influenced or controlled by a corporate office in the selection of books we offer. Instead, we listen very carefully to what our customers are looking for, and endeavor to stock the best, the most exciting and the most interesting books we can find.

In addition to books, we offer a full-service coffee bar (with Wi-Fi) and on-site design and printing of invitations and personal stationery. Our shelves are loaded with wonderful toys, unique gifts and edgy greeting cards chosen specifically to surprise, delight and amuse our customers. One corner of our store is dedicated to local books, with titles covering such diverse topics as marriage and tombstone registries dating back to colonial times, an Eastern Shore guidebook of interesting local destinations, a "how-to" on clamming and a "dictionary" of Eastern Shore colloquial expressions.

Staffed by 7 friendly, well-read, knowledgeable booksellers, we love helping our customers find just the right book.  The store was founded by two legendary personalities in our community, E. A. McMath and Joanna Snyder.  Since 2004, the Book Bin has been owned by Susan Tyler and Mary Smolinski.  Susan, Mary and their entire staff are dedicated to creating and maintaining a vital, thriving independent business that gives the people of the Eastern Shore and visitors to our beautiful Delmarva Peninsula a comfortable, engaging, welcoming place to visit, relax and shop.

We hope you'll enjoy browsing our website, where you'll find great reading recommendations, information about upcoming events, and, of course, the capability to search book titles and make online purchases--including e-books.  Google eBooks are now available for you to purchase and download immediately through our website!  Simply select the "Google eBooks" tab once you've clicked on the search button.  You'll access thousands of new titles you can read on just about any device with an internet connection, enabling you to buy e-books while supporting your favorite local bookstore.