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When Black Oak Books, one of our favorite used book locations, closed its doors while mentioning vague plans to re-open, we thought they might be in store for an agonizing, drawn-out decline, à la Cody’s Books.
However, it appears that is not the case, at least not for the time being. The store has purchased a new location on San Pablo, it seems, and hopes to reopen by next month.
The new location is apparently even larger than the last, although not nearly as accessible after a stop at Cheeseboard. However, the new location might have an additional draw of incorporating a café and/or music venue into the store.
There will also be fewer new books, but the draw of the place was really the labyrinthine shelves of used books, so we’re not too worried.
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Black Oak Books Buys West Berkeley Home [Berkeley Daily Planet]
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