The Bookmark, a super-cheap used bookshop that donates proceeds to Oakland libraries, is now bigger, brighter and bookier.
The Bookmark Bookstore, a used bookshop that donates proceeds to Oakland libraries, has moved to a new location in downtown Oakland and is now bigger, brighter and bookier. Pictured: The new children’s shelf. A new chapter in the life of Oakland’s beloved, three decades-old Bookmark Bookstore has begun.
The old Bookmark was located at 721 Washington St., and the new one is three blocks up the road at 933 Broadway in a historic building called the Delger Block, built circa 1880. The Bookmark Bookstore, a used bookshop that donates proceeds to Oakland libraries, has moved to a new location in downtown Oakland and is now bigger, brighter and bookier.
The store had a huge sale before its move, but the collection is still incredibly large due to troves that were kept in a back room and a storage locker now making their way to display.
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