Green Apple Books & Music

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

Green Apple Books & Music Main Store Entrance at Clement St. & 6th Ave.

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.

Recognition

Green Apple Books was voted "Best Independent Bookstore" in the Bay Area by San Francisco Chronicle readers in 2001.

Green Apple Books was voted "Best Used Books Store" by the SF Weekly editorial staff in 2005[3] and the readers of the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2006.[4]

Green Apple Books was named Publishers Weekly's best bookstore of 2014.[5]

References
  1. McManis, Sam (2000-06-30), "Despite Online Competition, S.F.'s Independent Bookstores Survive", San Francisco Chronicle
  2. Kraeuter, Chris (2005-12-06), "Corner Bookstores Stare Down Google", Forbes
  3. SF Weekly Staff (May 11, 2005), "Best Used Bookstores", SF Weekly
  4. "2006 Best Of The Bay: A Vision Of The Future", San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2006, archived from the original on August 13, 2006
  5. Rosen, Judith (March 28, 2014). "Green Apple Named PW Bookstore of the Year". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-05-07.

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