The NYT carries a piece on niche bookstores in the San Francisco Bay area, with a special focus on Omnivore Books, opened in late 2008 and focused on food books. Notably, owner Celia Sacks is now selecting new titles that Williams Sonoma will feature nationwide under an Omnivore Recommends banners, and 30 of the cookware stores will also sell vintage cookbooks selected by Sacks. (Used books are said to “most help her bottom line,” selling for three times what they cost.) She is also creating a cookbook scrapbook that Ten Speed Press will publish next year. And the store “always […]
