Rebound Bookstore
"The Biggest Little Bookstore in The Universe"
1611 4th Street
San Rafael, CA 94901 USA
415-482-0550
reboundbookstore@aol.com|
The Rebound Bookstore ("The Biggest Little Bookstore in the Universe") is your point of departure for new ideas, unexpected adventures, and treasures found. We are a used bookstore for quality used books, CD's and Videos at a reasonable price. We also trade and buy books, CD's and Videos.  The Rebound Bookstore, bouncing back from street renovation project HAS RELOCATED to a new larger West End Village store,in the middle of a quickly-developing Restaurant District in the West End Village, with additional stock, more floor space, a readers lounge area with free coffee or tea (with the purchase of a book) The store at 1611 4th Street will be open from 10-6 Monday thru Saturday, but will be glad to stay open longer, unofficially, for browsers on their way in or out of one of the FIVE RESTAURANTS (!) within a block of our new location. "The Rebound" buys, trades, and accept donations of your books. THE REBOUND BOOKSTORE HAS BEEN VOTED BY OUR CUSTOMERS AS THE BEST USED BOOK STORE, 2009, IN MARIN COUNTY BY THE CUSTOMER SURVEY IN THE BOHEMIAN WEEKLY. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE STORE, COME IN AND SEE WHY! WE ALWAYS HAVE An incredible line-up of events --ALL FREE--
SATURDAY, JUNE 20: REBECCA FOUST READS FROM HER NEW BOOK 4-6 PM. OPEN MIC FOLLOW CHECK THIS OUT OFTEN! New!!! COLLECTIONS OF EXCLUSIVE CARDS BY LOCAL ARTISTS "The Rebound" now has a collection of unique cards by local artists in a range of styles from traditional to "psychedelic". These beautiful blank cards will fit any occassion and any season, and a packet of these cards can be a gift in themselves! SPOKEN WORD, THEATRE, MUSIC, COMEDY AND OTHER EVENTS In addition to continuing our monthly "Hand to Mouth/WORDS SPOKEN OUT" spoken word series, in a more spacious setting, the store will be adding live acoustic music, theatrical and other special events. The store will continue with its gallery space, the Higher Space Gallery, where local emerging artists doing "edgier" work can get a solo or shared show. ART OPENINGS IN THE STORE NOW SHOWING IN THE STORE: A show of the whimsical animals (and other larger works works) by K. Yin Ling Miao, Ph.D. This is oNE of the largest showing of Dr. Miao's work, ever. The show is now open and the works are for sale. ***AT THE NEW*** REBOUND BOOKSTORE ***1611 Fourth Street, San Rafael*** Come by and look around! For more info contact the store at Reboundbookstore@aol.com or 415-482-0550. Check out the web site for events sales, literary contests, and community news. The Rebound Bookstore IS STILL located in a popular strolling area of coffee houses, bagel shops, antique and music stores, galleries and specialty shops, at 1611 4th Street in San Rafael, California, a comfortable village on the bay, just a few minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge off highway 101 and light years away from mall culture. It is near the land of California gold, Sir Francis Drake's landing, Mark Twain, Dashell Hammet, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kerouac, Ken Kesey, and George Lucas' Dream Works Studio. The area is home to two National poet laureattes (former national Poet Laureate Robert Hass, and current poet Kaye Ryan. Its an area with more poets, playwrights, novelists, scientists, analysts and ism-makers, modern and post- than you can stuff into a corner coffee house. As you can see we are also right in your own home, studio, or office. Writers and rock stars, punks and professors, poets and pundits as well as the modern word pirates and media speakers of the 21st century are found in and around our store. And now you are here with us.  The Rebound Bookstore caters to the traditional reader with an entire wall of current and classic fiction, an EXPANDED section of sci-fi and mysteries, and for those of us who just want it down and cheap, we've put up a well stocked section of TRRAAASH!, with romance novels, war and urban thrillers for those cold rainy nights or slow dreamy Sundays.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN THE STORE AND IN OUR COMPUTERIZED INVENTORY. DUE TO THE ACQUISITION OF A FEW SPECIAL COLLECTIONS WE NOW HAVE ADDED: NEARLY 40 BOOKS ON THE ENGLISH ROYAL FAMILY HUGE COLLECTION OF NEW CHILDRENS' BOOKS! A LARGE MIXED COLLECTION OF BOOKS IN GERMAN AND FRENCH A CACHE OF COLLECTIBLE VERY RARE FRENCH "ILLUSTRATED NOVELS" FROM THE 1979'S-1980'S A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT R. D. LAING. The Rebound Bookstore caters to the eccentric reader as well with modern poetry, short stories, and odd books on off-the-wall subjects such as finding the best cigars, and exposes on government and finance.
MEETING SPACE ADDED IN THE BOOKSTORE! We now have a LARGER comfortable meeting space available for the community. Groups of up to 25 can meet in the space. THE NEW SPACE IS AVAILABLE FOR POETS, ACTORS, COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL GROUPS. We're in a safe area and the store is a comfortable environment. Bathroom, free street parking, (after 6:00 PM) folding chairs and coffee pot are available. Contact the store if you'd like to use the space. The space if free for community type events Good for classes, play readings, poet's self-promoted readings or book signings. Classes or workshops that meet more than once and are for-profit for the teacher hava a very small fee ($40 a night or $200 for 6 nights)  The Rebound Bookstore celebrates and supports new voices! The bookshop is open for viewing artwork or shopping from 10-6, Monday through Saturday. As far as we know The Rebound Bookstore are the only location in the San Rafael area where poetry and short story books by local writers are available . Money from their sale is passed on to the poets. The Rebound Bookstore is open from 10-6 Mon-Sat. We see the store as a kind of cultural engine for the community. We are planning a series of books signings, gallery openings and other events.
Write us and share a book adventure, something that happened in a book store, a story read that paralleled your life in an uncanny way, someone you met, a great find for an unbelievable low price, a weird happening or contact, a conversation with an extraterrestrial, a sartori, a surprise . We'll post it here for everyone to enjoy. We look forward to hearing from you or seeing you in the bookshop! Here are a few links that you might find useful: City of San RafaelNorthern California Independent Book Sellers Association Poetry Flash Magazine Marin Literacy Program Book Sale Finder
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