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.[1] The store houses over 250,000 titles, as well as 60,000 available online.[2]

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.[3] and the SF Weekly.[4] In 2001 Green Apple was voted "Best Independent Bookstore" in the Bay Area, this time by San Francisco Chronicle readers.

References

  1. ^ McManis, Sam (2000-06-30), "Despite Online Competition, S.F.'s Independent Bookstores Survive", San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/30/MN97925.DTL 
  2. ^ Kraeuter, Chris (2005-12-06), "Corner Bookstores Stare Down Google", Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/12/06/google-book-stores-cx_ck_1206google.html 
  3. ^ "2006 Best Of The Bay: A Vision Of The Future", San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2006, http://www.sfbg.com/2006bob/readers.php 
  4. ^ "Best Used Bookstores", SF Weekly, 2005-05-11, http://www.sfweekly.com/2005-05-11/best-of-san-francisco/best-used-bookstores/ 

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