Green Apple Books & Music

Green Apple Books & Music is an independent bookstore in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California.

History

Green Apple Books was founded by Richard Savoy in 1967 in a pre-1906 building at the corner of Clement Street and Sixth Avenue. In 1996 Green Apple Books acquired its long time neighbor, Revolver Records. [Citation | last = McManis | first = Sam | title = Despite Online Competition, S.F.'s Independent Bookstores Survive | newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle | year = 2000 | date = 2000-06-30 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/30/MN97925.DTL] The store houses over 250,000 titles, as well as 60,000 available online. [Citation | last = Kraeuter | first = Chris | title = Corner Bookstores Stare Down Google | newspaper = Forbes | year = 2005 | date = 2005-12-06 | url = http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/12/06/google-book-stores-cx_ck_1206google.html]

After 30 years Richard Savoy set up a ten year buy-out for Green Apple Books & Music with three long-time employees. Green Apple Books & Music is regularly voted best Used Bookstore and Best Independent Bookstore in the Bay Area by readers of the "San Francisco Bay Guardian". [Citation | title = 2006 Best Of The Bay: A Vision Of The Future | newspaper = San Francisco Bay Guardian | year = 2006 | url = http://www.sfbg.com/2006bob/readers.php] and the SF Weekly [Citation | title = Best Used Bookstores | newspaper = SF Weekly | year = 2005 | date = 2005-05-11 | url = http://www.sfweekly.com/2005-05-11/best-of-san-francisco/best-used-bookstores/] . In 2001 Green Apple was voted "Best Independent Bookstore" in the Bay Area, this time by "San Francisco Chronicle" readers.

References

External links

* [http://www.greenapplebooks.com/ Store website]
* [http://news.bookweb.org/news/1128.html American Booksellers Association Article]