Our Warehouse Clearance Sale must end soon: all used books there are now $4.98 or less
We're nearing the end of our Warehouse Clearance Sale. So to quickly sell off the last 50,000 books, we've made all used books just $4.98 or less (and most are $2.98 or less!).
Besides the 30,000+ used books in all subject areas that are already on the shelves, we have about 20,000 more at the warehouse. These FRESH titles will be added daily to replace what sells.
And discounts will increase quickly and frequently, so check back often for even better deals!
Fresh books. Basement Prices. Only at our warehouse clearance sale at
248 Clement.
Note: the annex and main store ARE NOT CLOSING. 
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"Why I Read"
by Susan Choi
"I read because when I don't, I grow inarticulate and and I walk into doorframes. It's like when I don't drink black tea in the morning, and in fact, if I down lots of tea I can somewhat combat the impairments, but unless I also read, pretty soon I'm right back where I started. Or else I get a headache, and tightness in the chest, like the feeling of not enough carbs, and again, if I eat some spaghetti the symptoms abate, but if I don't also get to a book, the relief is short-lived. I read because if I don't I'm short-tempered, short on imagination and the sense of delight. I'll feel the way I do when sleep-deprived, so much so that an unbroken night's sleep - even more rare than an unbroken hour to read - can go some way toward blunting my longing to read, but can't cure it; no substitute can. Ever since having children, my existence has seemed winnowed down to my physical needs: the need to sleep, the need to eat, the needs for caffeine and aspirin, the need to lie on the couch with a book. I'm not metaphorizing: the last is as physical as all the others. No minute during which I might read can go unutilized. At lunch I'm always roving the house, loaded plate in my hand, trying to relocate my book while my meal goes cold. If I come by a few minutes' peace - in the post-office line, on the subway - and don't have a book, I can get so annoyed that I cry! I read because I can't manage not to - and because it's the one bare necessity that is also a gorgeous indulgence. It's the food that's a banquet, the rest that's a pageant of dreams."
--Susan Choi
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Greetings!
Sometimes I feel guilty about relentlessly tempting you to come in and visit us again. You can see right through our blatant attempts at coaxing you to turn your hard-earned money into books, right? Well, now that our economy may be entering a recession, it has become your American dutyto stimulate the economy and buy more books. So my guilt has been assuaged for now. Phew. So here are this month's temptations: First, our warehouse clearance sale store is nearing its end, so each and every of the 30,000+ used books there are $4.98 or less (that'll stretch your dollar!). And now that the holidays are a distant memory and we have time to read again, we offer our first Book of the Month of 2008. This month's pick is a novel by Susan Choi. We guarantee it 100%--perhaps it's a tacky promotion, but we can't think of another way to tell you how crazy we are about this book. Also, Ms. Choi was kind enough to write us a brief essay answering the question, " Why do you read?". So we present her answer exclusively here for you, our lovely Green Apple loyalists. We have two unusual author events to tempt you with: Herve This, author of Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking. Plus, several authors read their entries in a quirky new anthology: Not Quite What I was Planning:Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. Oh, and a contest: submit to us your own six-word memoir, and you may win a free copy of the book, a handsome Green Apple canvas bag, and the right to read your memoir on stage that night! Plus: news of Green Apple's nomination for the Pannell Award, some great used books that have arrived of late, and a short review of one of last year's best food books (it was out-of-stock at Christmas, so it's new to us).
Thanks for reading and for all your support.
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Author Event #1:
Six-word memoirs
On Tuesday, February 19, we're hosting a launch party and reading for the quirky book Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, edited by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser. It's just what it sounds like: thought-provoking six-word "essays" by writers famous and obscure on their lives so far. YOU even have a chance to read yours (see CONTEST! below). There's a YouTube video that gives you a better idea of the tone, scope, and authors in this unusual anthology. Click here to see it. Details: Tuesday, February 19, from 7-9 p.m. at the Rockit Room (406 Clement Street, just one block from Green Apple). CONTEST! Send us your six-word memoir! Our five favorites win a free copy of the book, a handsome Green Apple canvas bag, and an invitation to read (and explain) their memoir at the event. To enter, send your six-word memoir and contact info by email to pete@greenapplebooks.com. Entries are due by February 12. |
Author Event #2: Herve This
on Kitchen Mysteries
 Mr. This' first book-- Molecular Gastronomy--has been a steady bestseller in our food section for two years now. His latest book continues his exploration of the interaction between food and science. It's called Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking. To make the event even more interesting, we're hosting Mr. This at Cellar 360, a new wine shop (and more!) in Ghiradelli Square. This ticketed event includes a wine tasting (paired with edible creations by Mr. This) and a copy of his new book, all for just $40. The event will be held on Tuesday, February 26, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Cellar 360 in Ghiradelli Square. Tickets ($40 covers the lecture, the book, and a wine tasting) are available through Cellar 360 ( not at Green Apple). For tickets, CLICK HERE. |
Book of the month!
On a semi-regular basis, we present to you a brand-new book that we're excited about. Really excited about. Here's our first of 2008, Susan Choi's Person of Interest (a novel). Adam explains: "Susan Choi has been a Green Apple favorite for years now; A Person of Interest is her most ambitious and emotionally intense book yet - and it's also a page-turner, a cracking good read. The first thing that impressed me is how thoroughly Choi here masters the conventions of suspense, keeping you uncertain, curious, and a little nervous. But this propulsiveness doesn't come at all at the expense of the careful psychological observation, the depth of character so familiar to readers of her previous novels ( The Foreign Student and American Woman). Choi has always done a marvelous job of exploring the psychology of the outsider - the contradictory wishes to be accepted and to be recognized as unique. Here she extends her reach with an amazing portrait of Lee, a man who tries very hard to avoid intimacy because he doesn't know how else to approach a life that has exceeded his ability to master it, and whose shell finally cracks in the most unusual of circumstances. He is, in many ways, maddening, the sort of person that, no matter how much you might like him, you sometimes just want to grab by the shoulders and shake some sense into. But - and this is the wonder of the book - you'll entirely sympathize with him. That emotional connection is the triumph." We guarantee this book 100%. It's also discounted 20% off the publisher's price, whether you buy it in the store or online ( HERE). |
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From our used book buy counter:
Did you know that in addition to having the
busiest used book buy counter in The City, Green Apple also travels to
purchase large libraries directly from the source? That's right; if
certain criteria are met, we'll come to you to buy your books and save
you the Clement Street parking adventure. . . .And last month we got some
great ones!
Comix and Graphic Novel fans take note: Piles of Pogo
and Undergrounds galore are hitting the shelves!!! From the beautiful
Turtle Island hardcovers to rare German Printings of R. Crumb's
sketchbooks in hardcover, we just nabbed a few boxes of illustrated
highlights. How about a complete run of the first printing of Art
Spiegelman's landmark RAW Magazine, including every Maus insert. WOW!
Some have already hit the shelves, and some are landing soon.
Some of these gems will wait to make their debut at the Walter
Larsen Rare Book Show coming up the weekend of February 9th and 10th at The
Concourse Exhibition Center. In addition to the comic items mentioned
above, Green Apple will be joining hundreds of rare book dealers from
around the world, showcasing the finest tomes available. Signed items,
pulps, vintage paperbacks and more will certainly entice you there -
drop by our booth and say, "Hi"! Visit www.sfbookandpaperfair.com for more info.
We buy books every day. CLICK HERE for more information.
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Cookbook of the Year (2007)?
As many of you know, I review a cookbook or two monthly on Tablehopper, a lively weekly email about restaurants, food, and wine in San Francisco. In this week's issue, I spilled the beans about a fantastic cookbook that we were out of for a while: Roast Chicken and Other Stories. Now that the book is finally in stock, here's the link to my review (it's at the bottom of the page).
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| Pannell Nomination
I hate to toot Green Apple's horn (or is that all I seem to do?), but we're very proud to have been nominated for a Pannell award this year, and we can't help but share our good news. Here's what we were told:
"The Women's National Book Association has announced the nominees for
the 2008 Lucile Micheels Pannell Award, co-sponsored by the Penguin
Young Readers Group, given to a general bookstore and a children's-only
bookstore 'that excel at inspiring the interest of young people in
books and reading.'"
We think that our Give A Kid Some Credit program is a large part of why we were nominated (thanks to whomever nominated us!). Through that program, we are donating a store credit for $10 in books to every third grader in San Francisco's public schools: over 3,900 kids in all.
We'll be sure to re-toot our own horn if we should win this prestigious award, but we are truly honored just to be nominated.
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