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April 2024 by Susie Devlin
A treasure on 4th street. Wonderful books and a great selection of gifts along with helpful, friendly staff. If you haven't been to this store, you need to go!
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July 2023 by Bob Hertan
Great books, art, trinkets, and service!
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June 2023 by Em H.
Store is usually a five star but my experience in here today with my young son was not good. We were here Saturday and my younger one really wanted to go back and check out couple more books; store was packed on Saturday so after getting few things, I told him we'd come back. So today we came back... store was fairly empty other then three to four other customers in the front. We went to the back and saw the two books my son wanted to see and sat down to look through them. Now... the staff on Saturday had absolutely no issue navigating through a packed store but today, the old white clerk seemed to have an awful hard time walking through our particular aisle... he came over, I saw him from the corner of my eye, I got up and apologized so he can pass but that wasn't good enough for him. He had to tell me "you know, this IS a working bookstore." Hmm, thanks for letting me know. Would I come back? Maybe since the staff from Saturday were great; but I'd keep an eye out for this particular person.
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June 2023 by Russell Strong
Usually a good resource for building code
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January 2023 by Sandra Jamme
Fun bookstore to browse. I found the selection of books relating to architecture and construction quite interesting.
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May 2022 by MB (BizNowse)
What a great store. Lovely to browse as well. Great gift ideas.
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March 2022 by Marx Moley
Awesome. Great selection of books on the topic of building. I wish I could have spent a few more hours! I’ll definitely be back.
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January 2022 by Karen P.
I love this bookstore! I came a bit early to my Apple Genius Bar appointment next door so came here to kill time. I was almost late to my appointment because I was so distracted here! As someone who is studying urban planning in grad school, you can only imagine how interested I was in every little book... Everything is clean and organized. The employees are very friendly, and during my visit, they even had a cute Norwich terrier leashed and well-behaved by the cashier counter! I ended up purchasing colored pencils and an adult coloring book that was sized well-- it fits perfectly inside my purse! The prices are a bit higher than Amazon (I checked) but I'm all for supporting local businesses, so it was worth it for me. I'm not from the area but if I were, I'd make this a regular stop!
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January 2022 by Erin Kiskaddon
Simply the best independent bookstore in the Bay Area. Well-curated with knowledgeable staff to help you pick the best books for you. Everything from interior design and how-to guides to technical resources for contractors. Great books for kids, too! I highly recommend Builders Booksource to everyone
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December 2021 by Meg T.
The honey and I love to drop into Builders Booksource. While we mainly shop the puzzle books (we loved the maze book and Mazey the dog), the tiny house and building/ renovation books are fun to peruse, as are the adorable ornaments they have up for the holidays. The service is always friendly, helpful, and masked and they also have sanitizer at the door for when you enter and leave. I do wish they had a bigger selection of puzzle books and logic problems, but overall, we love dropping by every few weeks to see what new books Builders Booksource has brought in!
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November 2021 by Tara K.
An older man (white) behind the counter was loudly sharing his opinions about how no US president has ever done any wrong and sort of berating a young kid who was working with him (not white). I walked right out. I don't need to hear white men agreeing towards people of color about racist beliefs.... I wouldn't be supporting this store again in the future. And I hope that younger human is okay having to work with someone who's so aggressive.
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March 2021 by J.
Nice selection of architecture, design, DIY/woodworking/crafts, children's & gift books. Open during COVID-19
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January 2021 by Mike R
Great to know a place that carries all the information for building, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical codes for construction.
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January 2021 by Ali Kather
Love this bookstore! Unique finds for kids and adults.
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January 2021 by Yanneth Reyes
Great store with a variety of books and gifts for all.
