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Safety Precautions During COVID-19 (as of 3/19/20)
Following Governor Newsom’s shelter-in-place order effective at midnight March 19, we will not be allowing shoppers inside our store. Ross, Heidi, and Tom will be at the store processing orders for customers. Here are your shopping options during the quarantine:
- Order your books from store.capitalbooksonk.com, then:
- On the order screen, let us know if you prefer:
- To have us ship your books
- Our curbside pickup
- Delivery (within Sacramento and Elk Grove)
We’re “hand-selling” books and games over our social media (look for CapitalBooksOnK), so pop on there for photos and videos. We are able to show more over Facebook and Instagram than Twitter, so we encourage those who want to visually see our products to hop onto one of those platforms.
ONLINE STORE
Nothing beats the experience of coming into our bookstore. We’d love to help you find the perfect book, but if you simply cannot make it in, we make it easy to find everything we’re carrying in the shop — and 12 million books in print — in our online store.
We’ll message you when the your order arrives, ship it to you, or you can take advantage of our new curbside pickup service.
CURBSIDE PICKUP
Safety Precautions During COVID-19 (as of 3/19/20)
Following Governor Newsom’s shelter-in-place order effective at midnight March 19, we will not be allowing shoppers inside our store. Ross, Heidi, and Tom will be at the store processing orders for customers. We’re offering curbside delivery as one option. Pull up in front of the Crest Theater (off of the lightrail tracks) and honk or flash your lights. Whomever is working that day will see you and run your books out.
CHATBOX
The benefit of shopping in our store is the knowledgeable staff who can recommend a book to you. But sometimes it’s not possible to come in. We’ve had a chat box on our website for several months. During this social-distancing time, it’ll be like having one of us in your back pocket (or phone or computer). Think of us as your mobile book concierce. Our chat box even operates beyond our normal business hours. You’ll still be reaching Ross, Heidi, Megan or Tom. We never contract this service out to anyone else. You’ll find the chat box on the bottom right side of our website.
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Spring Graphic Novel Roundup
It's been raining in Sacramento for the last several days, and we have the COVID-19 quarantine going on. It's times like this that beg for book lovers to settle in with a hot drink and an exciting new read. If your eyes are begging for something with more than just...
Stuck Inside? Let’s Cook!
It seems inevitable that many of us will be stuck inside during the Corona COVAD-19 outbreak. Whether you find that happening to your family – and you feel well enough to cook – take the opportunity to dive into a new cookbook. You can order groceries to be delivered....
Children’s Books About Friendships
What makes you happy? Rainbows, puppies, hearts, stars, unicorns? How about having a good friend by your side. These wonderful childrens’ books are focused around making friends and what it means to be a good friend to others. Tickled Pink: How Friendship Washes the...
Great Books for Baking
There’s just something about homemade baked goods isn’t there? The warm, buttery crusts right out of the oven. The delicious fruit fillings made with real sugar. From apple pie to freshly baked bread, these delightful cookbooks will bring you back to your childhood...
Inspiring Women to Read About
Roundup by Holly Scudero December is traditionally a time for looking back, hopefully with fondness, on what the previous year has brought. We think of what we’ve accomplished, the state of the world, the good and the bad, and analyze. And December is also a time for...
Hot Graphic Novels Roundup
Roundup by Thomas Rojek The last few months brought us some wonderful graphic novels. I've taken the liberty of creating this roundup of my favorites and providing a summary of each book and why I loved each of them. Midnight RadioBy Iolanda ZanfardinoLion Forge,...
Cooking With Spices
By Thomas Rojek With summer officially coming to a close, we're taking a look at cookbooks that embody robust spices, which invite Fall cooking. One Dish - Four SeasonsBy Jordan ZuckerPublisher: Home Sauce Publications$44.00, 208 pages One Dish - Four Seasons...
Summer Sci-Fi Roundup
Our round-up of great science fiction novels that have come into the store. What did we miss that you loved? Tiamat's Wrath, James S. A. Corey The latest and eighth book in James S. A. Corey’s Expanse series, Tiamat’s Wrath is obviously not a good place to start...
Warning: Graphic (Novel) Content!
By Tommy Rojek, Ross Rojek & Danielle McMannus Today's graphic novels, while kin with the comic books that pioneered the genre, their diverse stories, art styles, and narrative voices have burst through those old boundaries. Whether you're new to graphic novels or...
You’ll notice that several events below have been canceled. Many of the event coordinators or authors are heeding Governor Newsom’s advice about public gatherings. It is safe to assume that most, if not all, of these events will be rescheduled for a later date when restrictions are lifted. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Our store is still open. As of March 12, no employee of ours has been sick, and we have increased our already fastidious cleaning regime around the store and bathroom.
THURS, MAR 12
NYT Economics Reporter and Author, Conor Dougherty
6:15 pm
SAT, MAR 14
The Secret Window Women’s Book Club
1:00 pm
SAT, MAR 14
916 Ink Student Anthology Readings
6:00 pm
FRI, MAR 27
Stories On Stage
NYT Best-Selling Literary Crime Fiction Author Tod Goldberg and Award-Winning Fabulist/Noirist Author, Anita Felicelli
7:00 pm
THURS, APR 2
KTLA-TV News Anchor and Author, Courtney Friel
6:00 pm
SAT, JUN 27
Local Author Shelley Blanton-Stroud
3:00 pm
TUES, JUNE 30
Musician Mikel Jollett, author of Hollywood Park, at Ace of Spades
6:00 pm
FRI, JULY 10
Author Mary Helen Fein
5:30 pm
Stitching a Life: An Immigration Story.
TUES, AUG 11
Laura Jensen Walker, author
6:30 pm
SUN, SEPT 13
Award-Winning Author and Editor, Robert K Elder
12:00 pm
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It’s like moving twice a month
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8 Weeks In…And We’re Still Alive!
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
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Putting Lipstick on a Pig
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Dust…everywhere!
Today, Presidents' Day, there was a marked shift in how renovation felt at the bookstore. The professional construction crew arrived. It was like the Cavalry coming in, and that felt pretty presidential — and LOUD — to me. (Be sure to turn your sound on.)...
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