Noe Valley Books Now Open

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A Letter To The Community:

For the better part of two decades, Noe Valley has had a bookstore. Though the store didn’t always have the same management, name, or even location, it was a valued place of community. That’s why we are on a mission to bring a bookstore back to 24th Street. And now, we’re asking for your help to continue the literary legacy.

When Folio Books closed its doors, the outpour of love and support from the community inspired us to honor Noe Valley’s long-held literary inclination. We decided to open a new bookstore. In a world where small businesses and independent bookstores close regularly, we refuse to stand down. Not only because our neighborhood and the literary community deserve a safe community space to nurture knowledge, but because we love the work (and all of you).

Our hope for this new bookstore is that you find delighted neighbors bumping into each other, witness local kids grow in reading level and height alike, chat with a friendly stranger about the book they’re buying, pet the best dogs in the city (we stand by that), and joke with your quirky and enthusiastic booksellers before they recommend the perfect book. Together, we can turn this hope into reality.

There is still so much to be done, and we are now at a point where we can’t do it alone. So we turn to you, our beloved community and friends, to help bring this bookstore to fruition through financial support. Please consider donating here at our Gofundme page.

Please know that every cent matters! Your generosity will go toward essential start-up costs such as building maintenance, inventory, staffing, and more.

We are unspeakably grateful for your support over the years, especially during this time. We hope to see you soon!

Cheers,

Katerina, Isaiah, Andrew, and Kit

How to Support the Noe Valley Bookstore

Here’s how you can help NOW:

1. Donate to our GoFundMe Page. Every cent matters!!

2. Follow our Instagram and Facebook for updates.

3. TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

Your generosity will help us with essential start-up and operational costs, including—but not limited to—fixtures, staffing, rent, building maintenance, and inventory. If you have any questions about how we plan to use donations, please email noevalleybookstore@gmail.com.

Everyone who donates will be invited to a celebratory event and receive in-store recognition!


Become a Bookstore Hero

Bookstore Heroes are individuals who go above and beyond by donating $5,000 or more to establish this bookstore. We invite you to become a Bookstore Hero if you are able. In return for this generosity, we’re excited to offer our heroes 10% off all bookstore purchases, an invitation to a special celebration event, and in-store and online recognition. If you’re interested in becoming a Bookstore Hero and have questions, please email us at noevalleybookstore@gmail.com with the subject line ‘Bookstore Hero.’

A special thank you to our current Bookstore Heroes:

Nadja McNeil Jackson, Pia Chatterjee, Olivier Gutknecht, and six others who prefer to be anonymous.

FAQS

Is this for real?

Yes! We have secured the former Folio location and are working on, well, everything else. 

Where are you in the process?

We are currently prioritizing our start-up funds. We have started to update the store with necessary repairs, deep cleaning, new fixtures, and a fresh coat of paint.

How much money do you need?

We are looking to raise $150,000 through public fundraising.

What will you use donations for?

Our most imminent costs are store maintenance and fixtures/bookshelves. Our building is old and in need of a LOT of TLC, from fixing leaks to deep cleaning to a fresh coat of paint. We will also use funds for initial inventory and staffing: two things we cannot open without.

As a for-profit bookstore, we are only asking for donations for start-up costs, not ongoing costs. Please email us at noevalleybookstore@gmail.com if you have more specific questions.

Who is running this bookstore?

Katerina Argyres, former Folio Books co-owner, is opening this bookstore with additional help from former staff members Andrew McIntyre, Isaiah Scandrette, and Kit Fitzgerald.

How can I help besides donating?

Financial support is our current priority. Otherwise, help us spread the word! Please share our GoFundMe page with everyone you know. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook, too! We are now accepting donations of used books, which we will sell at a massive discount, and proceeds will go toward the fundraiser.

What is the bookstore called?

Our current priority is setting up a sustainable, functional bookstore. We are working on branding this lovely new store. We look forward to sharing it with you! 

When is the bookstore opening?

There is much to do and we’re working as fast as we can! Our plan is to open fall of 2024.

Why are you starting over as a new bookstore? What happened to Folio Books?

Folio Books served the Noe Valley community for a decade. After that incredible milestone, four of the five owners voted to close/liquidate for personal reasons and took a step back from the industry. We ask that you please respect the privacy of former Folio owners on this matter. 

Our remaining team members are dedicated to bookselling in Noe Valley. Creating a new entity was the best way forward, and we are excited to continue the legacy of a bookstore at 3957 24th Street. Like many brand-new small businesses, we need start-up capital to bring a bookstore back to our community, and very much appreciate your help in doing so!

Thank You To Our Incredible Donors

Without the Noe Valley Community, there is no Noe Valley Bookstore. We are so thankful to all of our donors.

Wendy Lau

Christopher Diani

My Haba

Mackenzie Nicholson

Daniel Wabyick

Blair Sirolli

Sara Biel

Thea Kinyon Boodhoo

Merredith Lloyd

Michael Mascioli

Sylvia Rabemanantsoa

Linda Bergquist

Marielle Ferreboeuf

Candy E. Shue

Jennifer Katz

Grace Allen

Booki Vivat

Sofia Heffernan

Ann Prochilo

Alison Wightman

Steffan Raines

Theresa OConnor

Sarah Brackett

Nicolle Hamilton

Richard Morasci

Dana Smith

Megan Murray

Noah Scandrette

Lauren O'Neal

Tayler Mehit

Kim Hoey

Jeremiah Moore

Valerie Ice

Greg Chickman

Ellen Campbell

Beibhinn Dooling

Sally Kim

Jacqueline Fix

Jane Gibson

Olivier Gutknecht

Janell Pekkain

Eric Boermeester

Abby Abinanti

Rebecca Wightman

Dominic Byrne

Jane Hartmann

Samantha Semillano

Susanna Taylor

Scott Kravitz

AJ Fitzwater

Saera Khan

Emily Lepert

Taylor Jang

Haoyun Zhou

Elayna Trucker

Feather Flores

Zach Hauser

Johanna Kanes

Alex Khaykin

Jessica Ross

Mary Prendiville

Peter Hartlaub

Lauren Dancer

Garrett Hosley

Benjy Caplan

Maureen McCarthy

Puneet Sachdeva

Benjamin Weinberger

Rebecca Ross

Kevin Pavon

Angela Ni

Katelyn Miura

Kelan Wang

Farzad Tari

Melissa Mark

The Marzolf Family

David Kim

Jessica Greenwood

Ashley Koegel

Cynthia Berglez

Jennifer Braun

Allegra Aufderhaar

Leilani Chun

Kimiko Sawanobori

Michael Bauer

Frank Rohde

Emily Tsai

Marvin Chow

V Courtney Broaddus

Annelise Goldberg

Sheryl Roman

Pia Chatterjee

Juanita Dewan

Nicholas Tejada

Leslie Drapkin

Amber Petty

Jane Willson

Kelly ORourke

Nadja McNeil Jackson

Zachary Esquivel

Dana Nissan

Holly Reeves

Nina Geneson

Kayla LaDuke

Nira Geevargis

Josefa Ana Teran Anciano

John Rayher

Laurie Schultz

Scott Carson

Krista Forgey

Madeline Duignan

William Saphir

Colleen Mallahan

Julie Felner

Anna Olson

Matthias Will

Sara Parrish

Karen and Leon Traister

Katerina Antypas

Dimitrios Antos

Iris Fluellen

Alexis Collentine

Mitali Pattnaik

Erika Keer

Jing Xu

Teresa Baum

Kevin Eugene

Gregory Zegas

Brooks Jackson

Cindy Meiri

Liza Ramrayka

Sarah Easley

Catherine Phan

Yvonne Keene

Jonica Brooks

Melissa Weiss

Sara Henderson

Melinda Ylismaa

Vietanh Nguyen

Isabella Kung

Brian Elliott

Elizabeth McDonnell

Ashleigh Barber Tevelin

Lauren Vaccarello

Leah A

Lee Sullivan

Lauren Garcia

Rene Campe

John Maher

Jennie Braunstein

William Woolf

Tevy Jacobs-Gomes

Jacquelyn Moorad

Natasha Senn

Margaret Nix

Tracy Kirkham

Rikki Bryant

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Peter Flores

Rebecca Pariser

William Holt

Zoe Harris

Debra Argenbright

Chloe Shah

Merritt Richmond

Lorena CarrilloYoung

Charles Howard

Joan Varrone

Ernest Beffel

Stuart McFaul

Anna Schmidt

Leah Hughes

Kari Pederson

Susan Celia Swan

Robert P. Belmont

Jim Hankey

Paul Yamazaki

Kevin Ryan

Natasha Merritt

Margo Levi

Sui Lee

Starchy Grant

Suraj Menon

Heather Bornfeld

Kristin Goldsworthy

Tamila Stavinsky

Matthew Faludi

Denise Dunning

Neeraja Ravi

Tarun Narasimhan

Naman Sharma

Shyamali Choudhury

Luveen Wadhwani

Bettina Glenning

Denise Mooney

Laura Potter

Laura Wright

Beatrice Liang

Andrea Rodríguez

Taraneh Moran

Amy Henson

Corey Centen

Aimee Le Duc

Miles Osgood

Julie Vree

Joel Dobben

Amanda Beck

Kathleen McGarr

Ellis Pomirchy

Louise Warren

Steven Pressman

Vanessa Ing

Susanna Braun

China Brotsky

Gerald Braun

Drea Laird

KJ Shockey

Evelyn Jean Pine

Steven Condiotti

Kate Brandt

Kira Kmetz

Tracy Nasse

Ron Wong

Doria Charlson

Brandi Anthony

Joanna Sickler

Sacha Niemi

Eliska Meyers

William Jackson

Sarah Krikorian

Kelly Mullin

Sharon Olken

Andrea J Fong

Jennifer Hamilton

Steven Medcraft

Madelyn Clair

Shawna Virago

Karen H Wickre

Kristen Mengwasser

Alison Carse

Polly Stryker

Sarah LaRocca

Robin Germain

Allyson Halpern

Marie Chaufour

Meagan Kohls

Mina Kenvin

Elisabeth Roberts

Abra Williams

Claudia Volpi

Virginia Badenhope

Ramin Khatibi

Grigoriy Krimer

Regina Starr Faustine

Julien Schleret

Isabella Tumaneng

Tania Prochilo

Zhanna Klestoff

Maddie Schults

Ligaya Tichy

Karen Wickre

Akshat Bhat

Michael Doeff

Alexia Tsotsis

Peter Vogt

Peggy Cling

Sarah Alexander

Michael Shpizner

Lydia J

Alberto Rodriguez-Garcia

Alice Timmins

Eve Javey

Isabelle Rogers

Sue Rostoni

Allison Arieff

Mariana Tsanakas

Kate Foss

Thais Junger

Jane Spahr

Julia Fitzgerald

Alison Mesinger

Kathryn Pfau

Amanda Sandoval

Valeria Cruz

London Pinkney

Mary A DeMatteo

Rebecca Sosman

Chantelle Thomas

Teresa Hansel

Tiffany Claflin

Linda Gebroe

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Rebecca Winterer

Norah Piehl

Kenneth Fowler

Jilanne Hoffmann

Lena Miyamoto

Eirini C

Laura Blackwell

Sarah Judge

Mark Anderson

Deanne Katz

Catherine Pennington

Eugenia Vazquez

Eric Hoang

Angela Laffan

Kristin Henry

David Lichtman

Diego Valderrama

Heather Rose Jones

Lily Sloane

Milo Kim

Patricia Elzie-Tuttle

Katrina Panovich

George Karamanos

Blake Felson

Karen Halstead

Gennifer Choldenko

Amy Unruh

John Fetto

Daniela Busse

Teresa Remillard

Lily Layman

Laura Watkins

Anna Hamilton

Maria Miller

Erika Leemann Price

Olga Zilberbourg

Claudia Siefer

Jennifer Yador

Sheri Holt

Andie Levinson

Claire-Marie Clevy

Lauren Lewis

Cristina Gavin

Jacquelynn Okelley

Gareth Kay

Stephen Martin

Beth Gould

Megan Smith

Charlotte Jackman

Emmeline Anne Klama

Dorothy Ehrlich

Andy Levine

Stephen Sparks

Rina Friedberg

Jordan Kurland

Adam Kafka

Benjamin Ebert

Suchil Samant

Meg McNamara

Colin Hartke

Maureen McAvoy

Ivan Frade Ortea

Grace Rainaldi

Tom & Shelley Pavela

Georgia Lee

Seth Marinello

Tom Hardy

Jonah Robins

Patricia O'Connor

Penny Stone

Emmeline Anne Klama

Anne & Mira Guaspari

Christine Johnson

Madison Smith

Terry Karl

Russell Kaltschmidt

Lauren Irons

JoAnn Stewart

Karin Bauer

Kathryn Marple

Kirsten Salmeen

Michele Sulka

Monika Khushf

Steve Zwillinger

Vrushali Patil

Mai Nguyen

Ronnie Cameron

Claire Papamarcos

Jules Tardy

Lena Verstappen

Jules Olaso

Deirdre Donovan

Jennifer Rand Romney

Katherine Karanicolas

Ken White

Karin Bauer

Leilani Chun

Bill Qin

Robin Rendle

Sharmeen Morrison

Mark Burnley

Reema Farhat

Dana Cook-Milligan

Sandy Phantran

Nikhil Sriraman

Julie Birdsong

Jennifer Healy

Kathryn Schox

Sophie Sutherland

Julia Rodman

Clara Brenot

Jacques de Chalendar

Alexander Droulers

Olivia Clay

Dee Andrews

Dmitri Cavander

Eve Zaritsky

Haley Gilford

Kim Kimberly Johnson Krummel

Sarah Procter

Elyse Weakley

Lynne Weakley

Caroline Ratajski

Alexandra Pincus

Helen Ferentinos

Jennifer Sam

Martha Wilson

Rebecca Wolfe

Heidi Holland

Sherri Green

Pooja Jaeel

John Hornor

Kelly Arshonsky

Chapin Koch

Datricia De Fonte

John Mullan

Cristina Scheau

Jennifer Bi

Cem Koc

Anjali Moorthy

Areeb Malik

Kimiye Ihara

Lucy Blake

Ramya Rajasekaran

Mattea Jones

Kymberli Olsen

Taylor Robinson

M Guis

Jekkie Kim

Lena Conrad

Uma Chingunde

David Buchanan

Earle Murphy

Jane Loeser

Jason Friedrichs

Regina Fletcher

Lynette Chea

Severn Swift

Katie Cofer

Justine Costerouse

Emily Johnston

L. Umit Yalcinalp

Erik Redse

Florence Cepeda

Trynne Miller

Sanam Nassirpour

Nicholas T

Irina Gert

Celeste Tandy

Amy Huang

Daniel C Murphy

Chronicle Books

Diana Morin

Elizabeth

Michael Cronback

Andrew Stroot

Lisa Scandrette

Susanne DeRisi

Hans Gallas

Joshua Kim

Phuong Tran

Sophie Mateu

Judith Berlowitz

Marie Malone

Kathleen Rockel

Larissa Shulman

Shannon Hughes

Chana Jacobs

Connor Grant

Gary Moskowitz

Kyle Wong

Lisa Mihaly

Christopher Placencia

Christopher Jones

Tami Spector

Susan Colen

Julie Rottenberg

Nadia Roumani

Diane Epstein

Kolbe-Saltzman Family

Charu Juneja

Gina Moreno-John

Leslie Crawford

Katherine Murphy

Deborah Clearwaters

Austin Wu

Liam Williams

Albert Lang

Alex Hill

Michael Castleman

Kristen Pownell

Eric Heiman

Rose Knight

Cameo Wood

James M Conmy

Maria Costelloe

Coral Reiff

Susan Frankel

Dzovag Minassian

Jayme Brown

Shavit Melamed

Michelle Kaplinski

Emily Borders

Heather Wallace

Ruby Hsu

Manu Leonetti

Georg Gottschalk

Beth Saban

Carol Leonard and John Hamilton

Carmen Mendieta

Dina Lovinsky

Tony Quarrington

Eugenie Rives

Emily Katzif

Jennifer Hu

Emily Klebanoff

Alina Lantsberg

John Teerlink

Jordan Baines

Tamara Chu

Brooke Cornish

Ruby Murray

Katherine Copic

We apologize for if we’ve left anyone off our list. We want to acknowledge EVERYONE. Please contact noevalleybookstore@gmail.com if you see any discrepancies.