Watermark Books and Cafe

A Monthly Subscription Club for Readers and Collectors of Quality Signed, First-Edition Books

The ultimate way to build a personal library, our “Signed Firsts” club will please true collectors and lovers of the written word.

Members of the club receive a thoughtfully selected book delivered to them each month. Watermark draws its selections from the best new fiction and nonfiction titles, choosing them for their literary merit and potential collector's value.

Here’s how it works:

§         Watermark will ship twelve author-signed, first-edition books to you each year, one book per month.

§         Watermark will send a notification by mail indicating the title of the upcoming selection, its anticipated shipping date, and the cost you should anticipate seeing on your credit card or store charge account.

§         Books are released on different days each month; Watermark will ship each month's selected title as soon as it arrives in the store.

§         Do you live nearby and want to eliminate shipping charges? Let us know that we should hold your book; the next time you swing by the store, we’ll have it ready for you.

§         What happens if you don’t care for the title we've select for the month? You can exchange it for another book on hand at Watermark, but that alternate book will not be a guaranteed first edition, nor will it be signed.

Gift Memberships: Signed Firsts gift memberships are perfect for a spouse who cherishes books, a student who wants to build a serious library, or anybody who makes it a priority to read great literature.

Subscriptions: To subscribe, or to give a gift membership to a loved one, print and complete the subscription form at the bottom of this page, then mail or deliver it to:

Watermark Books & Cafe

Attn: Signed Firsts Club

4701 E. Douglas

Wichita, KS 67218

To purchase any of our Signed First Editions, contact the bookstore at (316) 682-1181 to check on availability of the title. Supplies are limited.

Recent "Signed First Editions" include:

December 2011 - On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry.

November 2011 - The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje.

October 2011 - When She Woke by Hillary Jordan.

September 2011 - You Know When the Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon.

August 2011 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.

July 2011 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett.

June 2011 - Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell.

May 2011 - Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks.

April 2011 - Wingshooters by Nina Revoyr.

March 2011 - When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle.

February 2011 - West of Here by Jonathan Evison.

January 2011 - The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards.

December 2010 - It's a Book by Lane Smith.

November 2010 - Great House by Nicole Krauss.

October 2010 - Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier.

September 2010 - Fall of Giants by Ken Follett.

August 2010 - The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard.

July 2010 - The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee.

June 2010 - American Dreams by H.W. Brands.

May 2010 -The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall.

April 2010 - Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett.

March 2010 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.

February 2010 - The Postmistress by Sarah Blake.

January 2010 - Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert.

December 2009 - Stitches by David Small.

November 2009 - Exiles in the Garden by Ward Just.

October 2009 - Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby.

September 2009 - A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore.

August 2009 - Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton.

July 2009 - Rain Gods by James Lee Burke.

June 2009 - Nothing Right by Antonya Nelson.

May 2009 - In Search of Small Gods by Jim Harrison.

April 2009 - Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead.

March 2009 - Little Bee by Chris Cleave.

February 2009 - The Women by T.C. Boyle.

January 2009 - The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark.

December 2008 - The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb.

November 2008 - Sweetsmoke by David Fuller.

October 2008 - Indignation by Philip Roth.

September 2008 - Man in the Dark by Paul Auster.