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Green Apple Books & Music
Green Apple Books & Music is an independent bookstore in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California. HistoryGreen Apple Books was founded by Richard Savoy in 1967 in a pre-1906 building at the corner of Clement Street and Sixth Avenue. In 1996 Green Apple Books acquired its long-time neighbor, Revolver Records.[1] The store houses over 250,000 titles, as well as 60,000 available online.[2] After 30 years, Richard Savoy set up a ten-year buy-out for Green Apple Books & Music with three long-time employees.[citation needed] In 2014, Green Apple partnered with Le Video store on 9th street. The store was renamed Green Apple Books on the Park. The downstairs was turned into a Green Apple bookstore while the upstairs remained a video rental store (100,000 titles).[3] In 2019, Green Apple bought the bookstore Browser Books on Fillmore Street.[4] This expansion enabled the company to stay afloat amid the death-by-digital struggle of book retailers.[5] In 2021, Green Apple downsized the Clement Street store back to its original pre-1996 size.[6] In 2023, a future Green Apple location inside SFO was announced for 2024.[7] DescriptionThe store owner Pete Mulvihill described the place as "a labyrinthine store with multiple stories, rooms, nooks and alcoves".[8] RecognitionGreen Apple Books was voted "Best Independent Bookstore" in the Bay Area by San Francisco Chronicle readers in 2001.[citation needed] Green Apple Books was voted "Best Used Books Store" by the SF Weekly editorial staff in 2005[9] and the readers of the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2006.[10] Green Apple Books was named Publishers Weekly's best bookstore of 2014.[11] References
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