Imprint Bookstore has been serving Port Townsend, Jefferson County, and the many tourists who travel to the Victorian Seaport from all over the world for nearly 50 years.

It took up occupancy in the ground floor of the John Siebenbaum Building - its current location at 820 Water Street - in 1981.

In 1983, Judy and David Hartman purchased the bookstore from Lindy Caine.

In 2008, Anna and Peter Quinn started the Writers' Workshoppe in the James & Hasting's Building. In February 2014, they bought Imprint Bookstore from Judy and David and merged it with The Writers' Workshoppe.

On October 1st, 2019, they sold the bookstore to Samantha Ladwig and Thom Nienow.