News
June 26, 2011
San Francisco Chronicle on Booksmith events
June 8, 2011
Pia Chatterjee in the Chronicle interviews Christin Evans
June 2011
SF Weekly Names The Booksmith "Best Reimagined Bookstore"
October 3, 2010
Booksmith to Livestream Author Events with beNOW.tv
July 14, 2010
East Bay Express recognizes Berkeley Arts & Lectures as Best Lecture Series in East Bay
April 19, 2010
October 29, 2009
Huffington Post invites Praveen and Christin to write for their newly launched books section. Read the series of three inaugural articles:
Why did we quit our cushy corporate jobs to reinvent independent bookselling?
Why all the fuss about "independent" bookstores?
Evolve or die: Why reinvent bookstores?
September 15, 2009
September 2009
Frances Dinkelspiel, a noted local author and founder of news site Berkeleyside, acknowledges "Berkeley Arts & Letters has only been around for a year, and if this fall’s line up is any indication, it has already moved into the top echelon of Bay Area speaking series. Twelve months to becoming a major cultural force. Wow."
May 23, 2009
San Francisco selects Booksmith as a model business for its citywide ad campaign
January 15, 2009
C.W. Nevius of The San Francisco Chronicle interviews Christin and Praveen and weighs in on the future of independent bookstores in the Bay Area.
Bay Area indie bookstores beat the odds
January 9, 2009
The New York Times published a travelogue piece about Haight-Ashbury, The Booksmith is mentioned in a paragraph towards the end of the article.
In San Francisco, Where Flower Power Still Blooms
December 19, 2008
Haight Ashbury Improvement Association (HAIA), Mayor Gavin Newsom, and San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors recognize Booksmith’s efforts to build community.
Booksmith
wins Neighborhood Treasure Award
August 2008
Christin and Praveen are interviewed for the A.T. Kearney Alumni Matters newsletter.
June 20, 2008
Rick Kleffel interviews Praveen
May 28, 2008
Booksmith staffer (and talented writer) Kiara Brinkman gets blogged in Zyzzyva!
May 2008
The Booksmith wins the “Best Author Appearances” category from the SF Weekly.
April 2008
Read all about Christin and Praveen’s recent trip to London as part of the American delegation of booksellers at the London Book Fair. They spent eight days learning about British bookselling and meeting booksellers from around the US and UK.
April 2008
Booksmith staff member Carrie Evans was on NBC11’s Quills TV to talk about books.
December 20, 2007
A special holiday message from Christin, Praveen, and the staff of The Booksmith.
Holiday Greetings from The Booksmith
October 23, 2007
Literary Entrepreneurs Aim to Create the Independent Bookstore for the 21st Century
Acquisition of The Booksmith Complete
September 26, 2007
Christin and Praveen, along with The Booksmith, are featured in Shelf Awareness.
Far Out: New Booksmith Owners Add MBA Ideas
August 17, 2007
Christin and Praveen and The Booksmith are featured in the San Francisco Business Times
Duo seeks to turn bookstore decline into fiction
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How to Reserve a Seat for an Event in the Store
We offer limited reserved seating for anyone purchasing a copy
of an event’s featured book in advance from The Booksmith.
In the store: let us know you’d like a reserved seat
when you make your purchase prior to the event date.
By telephone: let us know you’d like a reserved seat
when you make your purchase prior to the event date.
By email: let us know you’d like a reserved seat
when you make your purchase prior to the event date.
Online: when you place your order via Booksmith.com,
add “reserved seat for talk on [date]” to the comments field.
NB: if you choose the ‘pay in store’ option, we cannot guarantee
a reserved seat. If you want to be certain to have a reserved seat,
we suggest you choose the ‘pay with credit card’ option.
In all cases, we will either confirm a reserved seat for you
or let you know that we have no more reserved seats available.
Please note this offer provides one reserved seat for each book purchased.
