#63 The Book Works

The Book Works
2670 Via de la Valle
Del Mar, CA
858-755-3735

Southern California is gorgeous!  The weather is perfect.  The people are pretty.  It feels like a place with a lot of spare time and money.  It’s only fitting that any local indie is just as gorgeous.  Check these photos out!  The Book Works is a fun store in Del Mar with a great location.  The Salk Institute is nearby.  UCSD is also.  It’s a book store in a high traffic area in an outdoor mall (The Flower Hill Promenade).

It couldn’t have  a better location.  There are restaurants around.  There are boutiques.  Right next door is a popular cafe.  I can’t believe how many times I’ve seen this relationship now:  book stores PARTNERING with cafes.  The best arrangement seems to be when two distinctcompanies share space.

Because of well-read customers and thirty-five years of history, The Book Works has built a massive reading program that an author would be lucky to be invited to.  They have an especially large science series

And as far as community building, get a load of this: The Book Works partners with local public radio to host fundraisers on behalf of a news desk that covers culture and imagination.

Finally, The Book Works also presents Spring and Fall lists to book groups.

A lot of sold work is going on in this very handsome-looking store.   They also have a great selection of sidelines, including antique jewelry.

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  1. We have another book store. In the children’s room is a rocker with a beautiful tabby lying in it. I don’t think that cat ever moves. People come pass and pet her. It’s impossible not to pet her.


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