In the Richmond District’s Green Apple Books, co-owners Pete Mulvihill (left) and Kevin Ryan pose among shelves where customers can choose from a wide selection of new and used titles on June 10, 2025 ...
Local, independent bookstores have never been more important. With fair access to literature under political attack, bookstores are a bulwark against censorship and an asset to the communities they ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Customers browse the aisles at Green Apple Books in San Francisco on Jan. 12, 2026. (Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE) Walk through Green ...
Walk through Green Apple Books' Ninth Avenue location, past the notable new-fiction releases and the "sideline item" impulse buys, and you'll see a velvet rope blocking a staircase that used to lead ...