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The Book Table

@TheBookTableOP

Independently owned discount new and used bookstore in Downtown Oak Park.

 Oak Park, IL
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Joined August 2009
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Bob Skolnik@bobskolnik13 Aug 2024
The Book Table has been a 'staple' bookstore in Oak Park. The owners are set to close it soon. chicagotribune.com/2024/08/1…
The Book Table has been a ‘staple’ bookstore in Oak Park. The owners are set to close it soon.

The Book Table has been a ‘staple’ bookstore in Oak Park. The owners are set to close it soon.

The last remaining bookstore on Lake Street in Oak Park, the beloved locally owned Book Table, will be closing later this year.

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@Suntimes8 Aug 2024
Owners of the Book Table in Oak Park are ready to turn the page and will close the doors on the beloved store after 21 years in business. trib.al/vYQ3HNc
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Wednesday Journal@OakPark7 Aug 2024
BREAKING NEWS: The Book Table, a beloved independent Oak Park book shop, announced it closing its storefront this year.  oakpark.com/2024/08/07/book-…

The Book Table set to close this year  - Wednesday Journal

The Book Table, a beloved independent Oak Park book shop, announced it closing its storefront this year. Owners Jason Smith and Rachel Weaver said that after 21 years in business, they have decided...

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@micheleweldon6 Aug 2024
If you're in the Chicago area next Wed 8/14, 6-8 pm., please come to my book party @oakparklibrary @TheBooktableOP. for my latest book, THE TIME WE HAVE @northwesternUP oakpark.librarycalendar.com/… @womenjournos Registration is FREE.
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@micheleweldon1 Jul 2024
Chicago Peeps, hope you can make it to my 8/14, 6-8 p.m. book event for my latest, THE TIME WE HAVE: ESSAYS ON PANDEMIC LIVING, at the main Oak Park Public Library. Free event, books available through @TheBookTableOP. Please register. oakpark.librarycalendar.com/…
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Fantagraphics@fantagraphics4 Jul 2024
Don't miss @cass_caitlin at the Oak Park Library (co-hosted by @TheBookTableOP)! She'll be presenting and signing Suffrage Song, her meticulously researched and engaging history of women and voting rights, on 7/25 at 7:00 pm!
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Earlier this year Ken Trainor, a longtime #OakPark writer and Wednesday Journal columnist, published "Our Town Oak Park: Walk with Me in Search of True Community." Hear Ken discuss the book in this clip. "Our Town Oak Park" is available at @TheBookTableOP and online.
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I stopped at @TheBookTableOP in #OakPark to sign copies of “Mythbusting Hemingway.” If you need a signed copy, drop by, or you can order it online here: booktable.net/book/978149306… #Hemingway @LyonsPress
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Love this bookstore 20 years of challenges and growth at @TheBookTableOP oakpark.com/2023/07/31/20-ye…
20 years of challenges and growth at The Book Table - Wednesday Journal

20 years of challenges and growth at The Book Table - Wednesday Journal

“The store has grown and changed in ways we never expected, but in good ways,” said co-owner Rachel Weaver. “It’s been a great 20 years.” Weaver co-owns the store with her husband, Jason Smith, whom...

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PamelaSimone@PamelaSimone159 Jul 2023
Found you @shirleneobuobi at @TheBookTableOP 👋🏼 👋🏼 Front table!! 👏🏼
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Snagged a copy of #GenderMagic by our buddy @theRaeMcDaniel. It was great seeing it in a prime spot, front-and-center at @TheBookTableOP! Looking forward to digging in. #Ally
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Thanks to everyone who attended today’s event @oakparklibrary with the wonderful @deborahcaryn (author of CONSOLATION - order it!), including readers who drove from many towns away. @TheBookTableOP has lots of signed copies!
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Stephanie Feldman@sbfeldman1 May 2023
Thank you @TheBookTableOP for supporting Saturnalia! 🪐🔮🎉
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Thank you for all your well-wishes. Still recovering, but getting better. If you’re inclined to buy a copy of TSFGM in paperback, @TheBookTableOP and @BookvillExiles have signed bookplates and several more indie bookstores will have them next week.❤️
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I picked her up at @TheBookTableOP !!! So excited!!!
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It’s FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE DAY!!! I love this book so much and I hope you do too! You can buy it wherever you get your books, especially your local indie! indiebound.org/book/97805934… bookshop.org/p/books/friday-… barnesandnoble.com/w/friday-… amazon.com/gp/product/059343…
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Melissa Sanchez@msanchezMIA5 Jan 2023
Oh hey look who is here @TheBookTableOP ( cc @caseyparks )
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After 2 years off during the COVID-19, @TheBookTableOP 's popular Black Friday fundraiser is back! On Friday, they will donate 10% of all Black Friday sales—in-store and online—to Housing Forward! Stop by at 1045 Lake Street in Oak Park or visit booktable.net/
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Shop local this Small Business Saturday 📚 @OpenBooks @BookCellar @RoscoeBooks @citylit_books @thebookstall @TheBookTableOP @sandmeyersbooks @SeminaryCoop @BookendsMedia @volumesbooks
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If you want signed, personalized copies of my books, order from my local indies @TheBookTableOP and @CenturiesSleuth . Links on my website: miapmanansala.com/blackmail-…
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Thank you ⁦@TheBookTableOP⁩ for the opportunity to sign copies of THIS IS MUSIC: DRUMS & HORNS and such a beautiful store to shop! #indie #bookstore ⁦@WorkshopBooks⁩ #music #musiced 🥁🎺🎶🥁🎺🎶
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