Read the Region

📚 23 days until Independent Bookstore Day!

Time to unveil our 2024 Read the Region Bookstore Crawl! Join us from 4/26-4/28 to explore NINE participating bookstores. Spend $10 at each stop to earn entries into our drawing for one of three fantastic gift baskets filled with bookish swag and gift cards!

🚨 ANNOUNCING the 2023 Holiday Book Crawl for Sacramento-area bookstores! 🔔 There’s never been a better time to support your local, independent bookstores! Discover all the hidden book havens we have right here in our backyard.

This year’s Holiday Book Crawl runs from Dec. 1st - Dec. 24th, so you’ll have almost one whole month to visit all 11 participating bookstores, spend $10+ at each bookstore, and be entered into a grand prize raffle for a chance to win ONE YEAR’S WORTH OF BOOKS—$50 gift certificate to each bookstore!—a $550 value.

We need places to go where people’s lives, stories, and differences are valued and celebrated... places where we can discover a new skill or passion. Bookstores are the perfect places to feel connected. They are so essential to everyday living!

Bring your friends, take your kids, grab your grandparents, and head on out to these fine local bookstores! Passports will be available at each bookstore starting Dec. 1st, and you’ll just get a stamp at each store and drop-off your passport at your last stop to be entered to win the grand prize.

PARTICIPATING BOOKSTORES:

Amatoria Fine Art Books
Beers Books
Capital Books
Crawford’s Books
East Village Bookshop
Face in a Book
Pleasant Pheasant
Ruby’s Books
A Seat at the Table Books
Underground Books
Wild Sisters Book Company

Mark your calendars, and help us spread the word!
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Congratulations to our GRAND PRIZE WINNERS!

Miranda F earned 24 entries after visiting 9 stores! 🎉

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Jill P earned 18 entries after visiting 8 stores! 🎉

The Grand Prize Collections contain gift cards, swag and books from the 10 participating stores!

Thank you all for a great year and we can’t wait to see you on 4/29/23!

Did you catch Amatoria on ABC 10 this morning with Mark S Allen? Tomorrow is the big day! We can’t wait to celebrate!

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Track your progress this year with either our paper-passport OR our mobile app! With the paper-passport you will collect stamps at each stop and with the mobile app you will "check-in" at the register. Both options will collect not only your progress but your entries for a chance to win one of our Grand Prize Collections!

Step 1: Visit stores on the Gold Country Tour Map
Step 2: Spend a minimum of $10 at each stop and earn the "Swag" item specific to that store
Step 3: Receive stamp on passport from store clerk OR scan the code at the register to check-in

At each store, you will receive a stamp or check-in to be entered to win one of the two Grand Prize Collections! At your fifth store that day, you will earn an additional entry. At the sixth store, you’ll earn two additional entries and so on. Therefore, if you have 10 stamps or 10 check-ins that's equivalent to 31 entries! Wow! Don't worry we will keep track of all of this for you but feel free to use the "Entry Tracker" on slide 3 to see your progress!

Introducing our mobile app made to help you conquer all 10 stops on our Gold Country Book Tour!

Plan your route, track your stops, earn your prizes and get exclusive details for each store!

Don’t let anything slow you down…

Download now!

We are just 4 days out from Independent Bookstore Day! Today we highlight our final store on our Gold Country Book Tour, Underground Books! 🎉

Underground Books opened in the summer of 2003 and is the literary hub of Oak Park. Underground Books hosts book signings by local and national authors, lectures, poetry events and children’s story time! 📚

They will be open until 6pm on Independent Bookstore Day.

Follow them today!

HELLO Wild Sisters Book Company! ✨

As soon as you walk into Wild Sisters Book Company prepare to be enchanted! Tucked into the quiet, friendly Tallac Village Shopping Center in the heart of Tahoe Park, Wild Sisters Book Company offers readers of all ages bookish treasures. Wild Sisters offers new and used books, vintage goods, gifts and vinyl records – a lot is packed into our small store – be sure to explore every nook and cranny!

You’ll come for the books, but stay for delightful conversation with neighbors and friends as you discover what “uniquely portable magic” Wild Sisters Book Company has in store for you!

They will have extended hours until 8pm on 4/30 so add them to your Gold Country Book Tour route and enjoy all their special day of events including:

11am: Coffee from Wild Soul Coffee ☕️
12pm: Poetry Reading 📝
1pm, 2pm & 3pm: Storytimes 📖
5pm: Meltdown Ice Cream Truck 🍦

Plus! Local Artists & La Dulce Vida Bakery

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Can you believe we have 10 stops on our Gold Country Book Tour? Our tour stretches across the region and includes stores in Sacramento, Elk Grove, Folsom and Davis!

Our next stop, Avid Reader Bookstore is located in Davis! Avid Reader is a general interest bookstore and has been at the heart of downtown Davis for over 34 years! They carry new books for all ages and the staff is always happy to help customers find that special treasure! 📚

Day of Events:

10am-12pm: Children's Event with Pamela Adler, author of Maddy and Mia: TriPaw Tales 🐩

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Let’s head on over to Folsom where we will find another stop on our Gold Country Book Tour!

Ruby's Books located in the Historic District of Folsom carries a highly curated selection of new books from many genres, toys and gifts. They strive to create a space that will make readers of all ages want to come back again and again to fuel their love of books! Stop on in, meet their crew, including their namesake golden retreiver, Ruby. 🐾

DAY OF EVENTS:

8am-1pm: Historic Folsom Farmers Market 🥬🍅💐☕️

12pm-2pm: Local Author Meet and Greet featuring:

Amber Garza
Bernard Wonzy
Brett Hoffstadt
Brain Wallace
JaNay Brown-Wood
Jenny Lundquist
Joanna Rowland
Lenore Stutznegger
Lisa Riddiough
Lisa Schmid
Lori Mortensen
Rachel Cabalse

Advanced Reader Copy Hunt while supplies last! 🔎📚

Plus sales and giveaways! 🎉

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The countdown to is ON! Ten days until one of the most exciting days of the year for indie bookstores and the people who love us. We'll have all kinds of events, activities, and special products and freebies, so stay tuned to our social media or subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) to stay up to date.
Come on by between 8am and 6pm on April 30 and spend $10 or more so you can make the tough decision between an exclusive waterproof sticker or a delicious Kalani Kakes mini. One gift per customer, while supplies last.

Each year we meet new bookstores throughout our area and expand our tour! 🎉

Let's give a warm welcome to East Village Bookshop who recently opened in 2021! 📚

A new neighborhood bookstore near McKinley Park that specializes in awesomeness! A highly curated selection of new books, popsicles, flowers on the weekend, coffee/tea. Kids activities M-Sat at 10:30am. Free gift-wrapping and a poetry typewriter. PLUS! It's woman/minority-owned and dog-friendly! 🐶💐☀️☕️

Follow today and add them to your Gold Country Book Tour route on 4/30! 📍

Let’s keep it rolling with all the stores on our upcoming Gold Country Book Tour!

Let’s say hello to Crawford's Books! 📍

Crawford’s Books is a family-owned, independent bookstore that has been in Sacramento
since 1983.
Original owners Jim and Joyce Crawford wanted their bookstore to house all book genres but with an emphasis on mysteries, westerns, romance, and military history. When current owners, Sue and Greg Richards assumed the helm in 2018, their vision was to transform Crawford’s Books into a community hub. As long-time customers of the store, they knew there was something special that kept drawing them back to Crawford’s Books, and were excited to continue building the magic!

DAY OF EVENTS:

11am-1pm: Local author Shea Robinson/Writer's Workshop ✍️

11am-3pm: Pittador Brews & Novel Baked Goods ☕️


1:30pm-3:30pm: Live piano with Ryan 🎹

3pm-4pm: STEM demonstration 🔬⚙️

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We are officially two weeks out from Independent Bookstore Day! 🎉📚🗓

Let's meet some more stores on the Gold Country Book Tour...

Introducing Capital Books! 📍

Downtown Sacramento’s newest bookstore, selling new books. The basement, Another Universe, recently opened, selling games, Magic the Gathering, Pokèmon cards, toys, Science Fiction & Fantasy books, Harry Potter books and toys. Three floors of wonder! 🤩

Stop by Capital Books on 4/30!

They will be open from 10am-6pm

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Happy Saturday! Introducing Beers Books!

Serving Sacramento for over 80 years, Beers Books offers new, used, rare and out-of-print books. 📚

Many people often ask about the long history of Beers Books and how they got their unusual name. In some form or another, Beers has been selling new and used books in Sacramento since about 1936. Through four different owners and several locations, it has evolved into its present incarnation at 915 “S” Street.

The history of Beers Books began around 1936-37 when their namesake, Mrs. Nellie Beer, worked as a clerk for L.H. Mytinger Books at 1125 8th Street in Sacramento. Her name appears as one of the charter members of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club in 1939. At some point the store on 8th Street changed its name to "Beers Book Store," for they have a circular advertising books-for-sale under this name at their current location.

Add Beers Books to your route on Independent Bookstore Day! 📍

Thay will be open from 11am-7pm

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Say HELLO to Amatoria Fine Art Books, one of the many stops on our Gold Country Book Tour!

Amatoria Fine Art Books, located in Midtown Sacramento, is a woman artist-owned brick & mortar with a 35-year legacy, specializing in used and rare books, prints, and ephemera with an expansive emphasis on all things creative!

Amatoria Fine Art Books draws its name from the satirical epic poem written by Ovid in I BCE, Ars Amatoria, which means "Art of Love," or "Book of Love." ♥️

On Independent Bookstore Day, they will have special hours and will be open from 10am-6pm with many fun events including:

-Art Journal Collage Craft Table 🎨📔

-Vintage Vinyl Listening Party (bring your records and listen while you browse!) 🎶

-People treats & doggie treats🐾

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Did you know we have 10 stores participating in our book tour this year? Follow along the next two weeks as we meet them all!

Say HELLO to A Seat at the Table Books!

Located in Elk Grove ASATT bookstore/cafe celebrates all identities and smashes the kyriarchy through the power of books, coffee, and community. They offer Temple Coffee, breakfast and lunch, Kalani Kakes treats, books and gifts for all ages, and a camping-themed play area!

Everyone deserves a seat at the table and owner/founder Emily, Co-owner Ryan and team are on a mission to provide just that!

ASATT is a safe and inclusive space that represents the full diversity of Elk Grove and Sacramento County!

DAY OF EVENTS:

10am: Flower Pot Painting (focus on Earth Month) 🌎🪴🎨

11am: Story Time with local author Kadija Phillips 📖

1pm: Author Panel Jason Denzel, Jason McDonalld, and Parkey Peevyhouse! 📚

5pm: Local Poet Readings 📒

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Join us for our 2nd Annual Gold Country Book Tour on 4/30/22.

How it works:

Each store you visit will have a fun swag item specific to that bookstore (free with a minimum $10 purchase).

At each store, you will receive an entry ticket to be entered to win one of two Huge Prize Collections!

At your fifth store that day, you will earn an additional entry ticket.

At the sixth store, you’ll earn two additional tickets.

Can you earn all 31 possible entries?