Main takeaway: All of our stores will be closed for a short period of time, and all of our stores will be opening back up in a couple of days! We're so excited to welcome everybody back to our stores soon!
Photo of books on musicians including NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU at a display in BOOKS INC Laurel Village. Black and white cover with photo of Sinéad O’Connor singing while dressed in a black priest robe.
NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINÉAD O’CONNOR MEANS TO US, spotted in the wild. Thanks, @booksinc.bsky.social !
SATO THE RABBIT: MORNING LIGHT. A person who has turned into a rabbit perches on a ladder, lifting the dawn sky to reveal the sunrise.
Poster board of THE SHAMSHINE BLIND looming over the mystery and romance shelves (apropos, I’d say).
Stopped by @booksinc.bsky.social Palo Alto to pick up the latest Sato the Rabbit and was stoked to see the poster from THE SHAMSHINE BLIND’s book launch still hanging out above the shelves
🌈 Come hang out at Books Inc. Mountain View for our next queer & trans meetup on Thursday, August 21 at 6:30pm! 💖
We’ll have snacks, drinks, a round of trivia, and some fun get-to-know-you bingo. Prizes TBD, but stickers are definitely on the table! 🏳️🌈
The official launch party for Asylum Hotel was amazing! I sometimes have a hard time w/ public events, but Jerry Thompson and the crew at @booksinc.bsky.social, Alameda, (especially Lauren) were welcoming & wonderful! The brilliant Faye Snowden & Xe Sands joined me, which made things truly special.
🎉 This Saturday is another Books & Brews fair ( our summer book fairs for all ages at Bay Area breweries), this time at Faction Brewing! 🎉
Who's ready for some cold beers and new reads? 🍻📖
Join us this weekend at Books Inc. in the Marina and Books Inc. Pruneyard as we wrap up the Find Waldo Local scavenger hunt in style!
Come in your stripes, celebrate your sleuthing, and help us give Waldo the send-off he deserves.
Check the calendar on website for more details.
Don’t miss K.X. Song and Hana Lee at Books Inc. Palo Alto later this August!
We’re celebrating the release of The Dragon Wakes With Thunder, the explosive second novel in The Dragon Spirit Duology 🐉⚡
Grab your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kx-song-at...
First, general preorder links! But also I will set up a preorder with my local @booksinc.bsky.social for signed copies. Stay tuned for that! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761127...
Warehouse Sale at Books Inc. Alameda this weekend! New books for $5-$10 bucks, and all sales go directly to our non profit The Reading Bridge! So every book you buy supports children's literacy in the Bay. See ya there...
We've got lots of new books with prices slashed to $5-$10 bucks dropping in Alameda next weekend, July 26 & 27!
Don't miss this Warehouse Sale. There's gonna be lots and lots of gems...
Hey Berkeley! We've got another Books & Brews all ages bookfair coming to Cellarmaker next Saturday, July 19!
Stop on by for some beers, books, and good vibes!
All proceeds go to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge to help bring books to kids across the Bay Area! What's not to love?
A pair of lovely authors, Tracy Wolff & Cindy R.X. He @cindyrxhe.bsky.social, stopped by our SF Marina shop this weekend!
Jump over to the store to snag some signed copies of their books while they last!
The year is officially half over, and our bookseller teams have crafted this wonderful catalog of our favorite books of the year (so far), for every voracious reader in the family!
booksinc.net/booksellers-...
What have you loved reading so far this year?
Happy Juneteenth!
Let's celebrate true independence and freedom, and continue to fight for liberty and justice for all.
All book recs available in (at least one) Books Inc. store and online.
Starts at 10am!
Hey South Bay! We're bringing another Warehouse Sale to Mountain View.
Join us next weekend, June 21 & 22, for new $5-$10 books, plus lots of other cool things with massively slashed prices.
See ya'll there~
🍻Kick off your summer right with a return to a good old fashioned book fair, but even better, cause this one has beer!
Join the The Reading Bridge team at the West Oakland Ghost Town Brewery this Saturday, June 14, for new reads, cold brews, and seriously good vibes. 🌞
Librarians, teachers, and bookstore owners are having a day of action tomorrow, 6/7! Support the teaching of history and the freedom to read. Learn more below; find an event near you here: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
🌈The month is a good month to be as vocal about gay and trans rights as possible!
Currently planning to use this Pride to protest and party. And reread a lot of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. And one silly cheesy sapphic romance. 💖
See ya'll at the bookstore 🌞
It's time for our favorite way to get into our Summer reading: Book Bingo is back!
🌞Grab a bingo card in store or online
🌞Read books that match the categories
🌞Complete four in a row (or a blackout) and bring it in for your prize!
Which category are you gonna start with?
Kick off your summer right with a return to an good old fashioned book fair, but even better, cause these ones have beer! 🍻
Every book you buy helps give free books to Bay Area kids—so let's have fun and spread some good! 👏
booksinc.net/books-n-brew...
Coming soon to a Galaxy near you…
@booksinc.bsky.social
Setting up for our Warehouse Sale at Books Inc. Opera Plaza!
Join us for great books (all for $5-$10) and to support a great cause!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
Our next Warehouse Sale is rolling through San Francisco, this weekend, May 24 & 25 at Books Inc. Opera Plaza!
All proceeds from the sale will be donated to our nonprofit The Reading Bridge, to help them bring free books to local students at title 1 schools!
See ya there 🤘
Three cheers for all of the moms in our lives! 💐
In celebration of this exceptional day, we’ve filled up our tables with spectacular books of all genres, perfect for the mom of littles or adult children, too, for every day of the year!
See our website catalog here: booksinc.net/mothers-day-...
Stop by our San Leandro location for some new reads!
Say hello to the new Books Inc. Outlet store!💥
We've transformed our San Leandro spot. It’s everything you loved about our Warehouse Sales, but now with regular operating hours!
Even better? A portion of proceeds support The Reading Bridge, our nonprofit that brings free books to Title I schools.
If you're in the neighborhood ... my sister and I will be signing books at Books Inc. in Palo Alto on Tuesday starting at 7 p.m. Stop by and pick up a copy of the book critics are calling "pretty good for a sportswriter -- his sister must have done the heavy lifting." @booksinc.bsky.social