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I've been on the hunt for some time for a new brand notebook. Since I will be in New York I thought I would ask if anyone here knows who has a good selection. I've seen all the comments and recommendations but hate to order online never having even seen it. Any suggestions? Doesn't have to be FP friendly. Thanks in advance.

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I am not a paper guy, but I think you owe yourself a trip to Fountain Pen Hospital in lower Manhattan. One of the great pen stores left.

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Try here ...

 

They have a good assortment, various styles.

I use their grid notebooks with fb's and have

had no issues with almost every pen and ink

combo that I have used.

 

 

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Last time I was in NY (september last year) I found some neat ones at Barnes & Noble. Some other bookstores had journals (Strand comes to mind) but those were mainly Moleskine, IIRC. B&N had lots of other journals, and sketchbooks, all of which turned out to be pretty decent quality v.a.v. fountainpen ink.

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Do you remember whether that Barnes & Noble (I'm presuming you were at the big one in Manhattan) still carried the Ecosystems journals? I have a couple of the small ones (one with lined paper and one with blank paper). But none of the B&N stores near me seem to sell them any longer (even though the company, Sterling, is listed on the Ecosystems website as being a "wholly owned subsidiary of B&N)) in favor of Moleskine and Vera Bradley.... :(

The paper is decent and they came in a bunch of different colors. They have elastic bands to hold them closed, and there were several different "lines" including one with graph paper. They even had a serial number stamped in each one in case you lost it (unfortunately, at the moment their website is (largely) down -- you can get to their main page, but a lot of the links seem to be broken.

I'm asking because I rather like the two I have, but there no longer seems to be a carousel for them in any of the local B&M stores (although the B&N website still lists some).

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Sorry, can't help you there... there were so many! to be honest, I was a bit overwhelmed. I did not buy any Ecosystems journal, but that's not to say they did not have them...

I was in two stores: on 5th avenue, and on 17th street (close to Union Square). Both had many different journals, sketchbooks, notebooks... apart from all the books!

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That's okay. I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. I will keep them in mind the next time I'm in NYC.

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I can help you with this because I've scoured NYC for the best stationery shops.

The best place is Kinokuniya in midtown near Bryant Park. In the basement you will find a selection of the best Japanese paper, notebooks, pens etc.

A close second is Goods for the Study (the 8th St location, not the one on Mulberry which is tiny). This shop is amazing and I could spend hours there. A vast and lovingly curated selection of stationery mostly from the USA and Europe. The notebook section is incredible.

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Do you remember whether that Barnes & Noble (I'm presuming you were at the big one in Manhattan) still carried the Ecosystems journals? I have a couple of the small ones (one with lined paper and one with blank paper). But none of the B&N stores near me seem to sell them any longer (even though the company, Sterling, is listed on the Ecosystems website as being a "wholly owned subsidiary of B&N)) in favor of Moleskine and Vera Bradley.... :(

The paper is decent and they came in a bunch of different colors. They have elastic bands to hold them closed, and there were several different "lines" including one with graph paper. They even had a serial number stamped in each one in case you lost it (unfortunately, at the moment their website is (largely) down -- you can get to their main page, but a lot of the links seem to be broken.

I'm asking because I rather like the two I have, but there no longer seems to be a carousel for them in any of the local B&M stores (although the B&N website still lists some).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Ecosystems is pretty much defunct. It was a limited resource and limited life business. They were entirely successful and sold their entire inventory.

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Ecosystems is pretty much defunct. It was a limited resource and limited life business. They were entirely successful and sold their entire inventory.

 

Rats. :angry: I liked the two small notebooks, especially the sketchbook one.

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