Accept our invitation to celebrate the new book by local author Deamer Dunn “Sketchbook Main Street Salinas”. You won’t want to miss this great event – meet the author and enjoy a brief reading and a Q&A. Live music and refreshments round out the evening. Please join us – you’re invited and it’s free. See you here!
Browse all of our new books online, choose curbside pick-up or free local delivery! These are the books we have in stock right now: Shop Online Store We know you have a choice of where to buy your books – Thank you for shopping “outside the box”!
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You need to read and we are here to help! We are taking all the precautions necessary to maintain a clean, safe and healthy (not to mention fun!) phone-book-browsing experience for our guests. Please join us anytime between 11am-4pm every day via phone and we’ll look for your book!
We will gladly deliver to any Salinas address for FREE and you can browse our online store for new books – best sellers, classics, and local authors: DowntownBook We also offer curbside pick up with online or phone payments (sorry, no cash for curbside pick up in order to maintain at least 6 feet physical distance).
As an alternative to hard copies, we also offer Audio Books on our partner platform, Libro.fm. Sign up today and/or switch from Audible – same price, same books, AND it supports your local bookstore – Downtown Book & Sound! Follow this link to start listening to great books right now: Libro.fm/DowntownBook
Please rest assured that we are constantly washing our hands, disinfecting all surfaces, using hand sanitizer, and all staff is SIP. We are doing our part to make sure our guests are safe and we are too. We look forward to seeing you in person just as soon as we can!
Local authors Gary Karnes, Karen Araujo, and Juan Martinez are celebrating their book, “Voices of Change”, an oral history of social justice featuring 60 interviews with unionists and activists on March 29th, 2019 beginning at 5pm. You are invited to join us for a wine and cheese reception, selected readings, and book signings! Fun evening planned and we look forward to seeing you there!
You’ll want to check out our selection of rare and collectable books – 1st editions, advance reading copies, and uncorrected proofs – some even signed by the authors! Stephen King, Anne Rice, Michael Chabon, Jean Auel, Dean Koontz, and Stephen Ambrose, to name just a few. Plus many titles of classic literature and history. Visit our online sales page to see what’s available – and check back often – new titles are added daily – click here: Downtown Book & Sound