Established in 1988, Bay Books serves as a meeting place for book lovers and collectors. Whether you are looking for that hard-to-find volume or the latest bestseller, Bay Books is the place to start. At our three locations, we stock over 600,000 books- mostly used but many new books, too. We have just added our third store, located in Pleasanton on the corner of Stoneridge and Gibraltar. This location opened for business on October 12, 2004.
We have a wide array of art and architecture books, classics, cookbooks, craft books, and history books. Our children’s section is well-organized and a favorite place for parents. Teachers receive a 10% discount on used books for classroom use. We boast a large selection of paperbacks, but we are most proud of our extensive collection of archival-quality leatherbound volumes. We carry most of the trade paper bestsellers and some hardcovers too. You will find both NEW and used titles on our front tables, and floor displays-all discounted 10-50% off. We don’t carry every new title but check with us first before you pay full price.
Our friendly staff enjoys sharing ideas and helping customers find interesting books to read. Often our staff members end up reading books suggested by customers because they, too, are book lovers. We are a member of the American Bookseller’s Association and participate in its nationwide gift certificate and gift card programs. And, we are active in the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. Bay Books will find rare and obscure books for you wherever in the world they are for sale. On request, we will special-order any book available new from our wholesalers, if we don’t have it in one of our stores.
Bay Books helps our local schools, libraries, and churches through book donations and fund-raising assistance. In April 2004, we were a major sponsor of the first annual 5K Fun Run/Walk, a fund-raiser for book acquisitions of the Contra Costa County Library. Also, click on ” Our Friends in Iraq” to see how we made Christmas 2004 a little more pleasant for our troops, risking their lives in service to their country, in far-off Iraq. We also donated books to the Blue Star Moms for their July Care Package to soldiers away from home.
