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About Loamed & Found

Lost a good book? We found it.

A neighborhood bookstore that exists only online, built to show what a local shop's website can be.

About Loamed & Found

Your (fictional) booksellers

Paige Turner

Paige Turner

Owner & Chief Recommender

Paige opened Loamed & Found to prove that a small shop can know your taste better than any algorithm. She is right about this, in theory.

Dewey Stacks

Dewey Stacks

Used and Rare Buyer

Dewey reviews every trade-in and shelves by a system only he understands. Ask him for anything; he'll find it, eventually.

Libby Rarey

Libby Rarey

Kids' Section and Story Time

Libby runs Saturday story time and can do eleven distinct voices for one picture book.

From the margins

How we choose our staff picks
The Margins
September 25, 2026
Paige Turner

How we choose our staff picks

No algorithm, no paid placement: just three booksellers arguing in the back room. Here's how a book earns a handwritten shelf tag.

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