Moe’s Books: serving Berkeley since 1959. Photo: Nacio Jan Brown This article is brought to you by the Bay Area Book Festival. Fill in the blank: B–k. Maybe you read “Book.” Or possibly your mind extrapolated a bit and thought “Berkeley.” Berkeley means books. There have been terrible losses: Cody’s (can it actually be eight years?), Shakespeare […]
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Berkeley’s Black Oak Books to close after 33 years
Black Oak Books at 2618 San Pablo Ave. is closing and all the books are 40% off. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Black Oak Books, which has had a presence in Berkeley for 33 years, is shutting its doors. Gary Cornell, the math professor and entrepreneur who rescued the storied bookstore in 2008 during the recession and […]
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Revolution Books: Berkeley’s radical bookstore relocating
Larry Everest (left) and Reiko Redmonde, have volunteered at Revolution Books for decades. Photo: Emily Dugdale Storied progressive Berkeley bookstore Revolution Books hopes to relocate this summer and has launched a crowdsourcing campaign to cover the moving costs. The 27-year-old bookstore has been described as a “Berkeley institution” by celebrated local poet Robert Hass. With its all-volunteer staff, and calendar of panel discussions […]
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Books Inc. opens in North Berkeley after move
Books Inc. opened its new store in North Berkeley today after moving from Fourth Street. Photo: Melati Citrawireja By Francesca Paris Workers were still putting the final touches to the store’s exterior Monday morning as both local residents and out-of-town visitors explored the new Books Inc. which opened its doors today in North Berkeley. Books Inc. shut […]
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Bookstore moving into old Black Oak Books in N. Berkeley
Books Inc. is moving its Fourth Street store to Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto. Photo: Books Inc. Books Inc. is moving its Fourth Street store to Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto. Photo: Books Inc. After five years of sitting empty marked with a “For Lease” sign, the former Black Oak Books on Shattuck Avenue in North Berkeley will soon open its […]
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Books are back
I had an unusual experience for present day America. I went to two new bookstores in Berkeley. First, I stopped in at Books Inc on Fourth Street. I’ve lamented before the loss of Cody’s, which had robbed me of my main reason for going to Fourth Street. Books Inc, which opened in October, doesn’t rise […]
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Countdown to opening: Black Oak Books
Reader TN took this snap of the newly relocated Black Oak Books which is slated to open tomorrow on San Pablo Avenue. TN writes: I walked by Black Oak Books this morning. Looking through the open front door it looked as if there were people inside stocking the shelves.I must say though that the proprietor […]
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Black Oak Books is back
As reported on Berkeleyside in October, Black Oak Books is set to re-open this week after closing its Shattuck Avenue store six months ago. The new location is 2618 San Pablo Avenue in a space occupied by Rountree’s nightclub, and the opening is planned for this Thursday at 11:00 am. The East Bay Express reports on […]
