Location
4553 California Ave SW, Seattle WA 98116 (map) in the Alaska Junction, two doors north of Easy Street Records.
Hours
10-6pm Mon-Sat, 10-5pm on Sundays.
Buying Options
What are your shipping rates?
For books in store, our rates are $5 for the first pound and another .60 for each additional pound.
Gifts, apparel, and other items ordered through this site have their own shipping rates.
Do you deliver?
Now that we're open for stop-in browsing, we no longer offer local delivery, sorry!
What payment types do you take?
- cash
- checks
- BizX
Trading
Are you buying books?
Store Credit
How does store credit work?
What's my store credit balance?
Use the Contact Form to send us an email and we'll look it up for you. Include the names and alternate names (nickname? maiden name? partner? kid?) we should check, plus phone numbers.
New Books
Do you sell new books?
In the store we have just a few of the most popular titles. For everything else, we encourage you to order from our Bookshop.org store, which helps us out a LOT.
Those books will ship direct to you from the distributor's warehouse, and we get a commission that's actually better for us than selling the books ourselves.
What is Bookshop.org?
Bookshop.org is a not-for-profit, the goal of which is to let indie bookstores compete against You Know Who. We curate a bookstore on their site, they handle customer service, and the books themselves are shipped from Ingram (the distributors we ourselves use). We get 30%+ of the cover price on all books purchased through our affiliate link.
As crazy as it sounds, this is legit.
Can you help me with my Bookshop.org order?
We don't have any access to those orders, but Bookshop has great customer service. Click the contact link on their help page.
Gift Cards
Do you have gift cards?
Other Common Questions
Do teachers get discounts?
YES! We have a giant, customer-funded store credit account which teachers (and nonprofit volunteers) can use to get 50% off used and 20% new books. We also offer special order services for teachers.
Can you special order a book for me?
We love it when you buy new books through our Bookshop.org store! For out-of-print titles, we recommend Biblio or Alibris, which are marketplaces for other indie bookstores.
Does Fred still own the place?
Indeed he does!
Was your question not answered here? Email us using the contact form!