hunt valley type family business industry retail specialty founded hunt valley maryland u.s. headquarters 118 shawan road hunt valley md u.s. u.s. key people steven baum president stephen spund vice president number of employees 125 2008 website http www.greetingsandreadings.com greetings & readings of hunt valley is the largest independent bookstore in baltimore 1 and is a member of the american booksellers association . 2 currently operating in a single location the store occupies 30 000 square feet 2 800 m2 of retail and warehouse space on the second floor of the main hunt valley towne centre plaza which is the final northbound destination of the baltimore light rail . contents 1 history 2 community involvement 3 references 4 external links history edit phyllis and norton baum founded the original greetings & readings in 1969 as a book and card shop occupying 1 800 square feet 170 m2 . 3 for 35 years the store was located in towson maryland in the loch raven plaza . after its closure a new store was opened by phyllis and norton s son steven baum ; his wife fran ; his brother in law stephen spund and spund s wife amy . greetings & readings of hunt valley opened in august 2005 in the newly rebuilt hunt valley towne centre with a 30 000 square foot 2 800 m2 second floor location along the plaza s main street . the founder s son steven baum is president of the establishment . his brother in law stephen spund is vice president . more than 125 workers are employed by greetings & readings of hunt valley in various departments which include gifts and jewelry a wi fi enabled lounge a hallmark gold crown card section a vera bradley boutique to make up what the store claims is the premier independent gift store in baltimore maryland . in january 2010 wedding technology company weddingwire selected greetings & readings of hunt valley to receive the 2010 bride s choice awards for excellence in custom printing and personalized wedding invitation design . 4 the store hosts frequent book signings and other events including kids story time readings . community involvement edit greetings & readings of hunt valley supports the efforts of the non profit organization literacy works inc. which promotes increased literacy for adults in the baltimore area . 5 greetings & readings of hunt valley has also partnered with the helps health educators linking parents and students coalition and sponsored the hunt valley kids club which began in may 2007 . 6 beginning in 2013 greetings & readings of hunt valley began partnering with baltimore s enoch pratt free library as the on site bookseller for some of the library s public and private author events . 7 references edit knight nancy . greetings & readings . baltimore sun . retrieved 2008 06 27 . aba bookseller member directory . american booksellers association . retrieved 2010 01 01 . schwartz nomi . greetings & readings books plus an array of specialty merchandise . american booksellers association . retrieved 2007 10 31 . hunt valley printing team named wedding industry leader . greetings & readings . retrieved 2011 01 25 . serpick bev fine . successful book bash helps boost literacy services . community times . retrieved 2008 06 20 . hunt valley towne centre announces monthly kids club days beginning may 5 . hunt valley towne centre . retrieved 2007 04 26 . writers live at the central library pdf . enoch pratt free library . retrieved 2014 01 13 . external links edit greetings & readings website hunt valley towne centre website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title greetings % 26 readings & oldid 743279750 categories independent bookstores of the united statesbookstores based in marylandcompanies based in baltimore navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 23 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view