Karibu Books in MD Says Farewell ~ 50% Off All Inventory

[CrimsonTide4]

After 15 years of service within the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Karibu Books, a Black bookstore chain will be closing its doors. We sincerely thank each and every one of you for your patronage and support. We are optimistic that our mission to empower and educate through a comprehensive selection of books by and about people of African descent will continue to resonate within the communities we proudly served.

Since 1993, we have been blessed to help thousands of local, regional and national authors share their incredible stories of faith, hope, love, peace, politics and race. We cannot begin to express our gratitude for the countless authors who have graced our six stores and enriched our customers’ lives.

On Sunday, January 27th, we will be closing our Security Square (Baltimore, MD) and Forestville locations. The remaining locations, Bowie Town Center, The Mall at Prince Georges and Iverson Mall will close Sunday, February 10th. Our Pentagon City store is already closed.

Effective immediately, all inventory at all locations will be 50% off. All fixtures will also be available for purchase on February 10th. See individual store managers for more information.

Again, we respectfully thank you for your loyalty, laughter and love. What an honor and privilege it has been to serve our community!

Sincerely,
Simba Sana
CEO
Karibu Books
http://www.karibubooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp


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Wish I lived in Maryland! Can you imagine all the books I could buy?

[BlueReign]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

After 15 years of service within the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Karibu Books, a Black bookstore chain will be closing its doors. We sincerely thank each and every one of you for your patronage and support. We are optimistic that our mission to empower and educate through a comprehensive selection of books by and about people of African descent will continue to resonate within the communities we proudly served.

Since 1993, we have been blessed to help thousands of local, regional and national authors share their incredible stories of faith, hope, love, peace, politics and race. We cannot begin to express our gratitude for the countless authors who have graced our six stores and enriched our customers’ lives.

On Sunday, January 27th, we will be closing our Security Square (Baltimore, MD) and Forestville locations. The remaining locations, Bowie Town Center, The Mall at Prince Georges and Iverson Mall will close Sunday, February 10th. Our Pentagon City store is already closed.

Effective immediately, all inventory at all locations will be 50% off. All fixtures will also be available for purchase on February 10th. See individual store managers for more information.

Again, we respectfully thank you for your loyalty, laughter and love. What an honor and privilege it has been to serve our community!

Sincerely,
Simba Sana
CEO
Karibu Books
http://www.karibubooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp


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Wish I lived in Maryland! Can you imagine all the books I could buy?

Thank you Carla for posting this. I have bought a lot from their stores over the years. I've known you long enough so PM me what you like and I'll send it! Sorry to see them close.

[Ten/Four]

I love this store. I have to find some money in my budget and get down there. This will be a perfect opportunity for me to continue building my African American book collection.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by BlueReign

Thank you Carla for posting this. I have bought a lot from their stores over the years. I've known you long enough so PM me what you like and I'll send it! Sorry to see them close.

I went to the Bowie one back in 2003 when Ideal08 worked there and got close to $200 worth of books. Good times! LOL

Thank you so much for your offer. That is really generous and kind of you, but I have a cousin in the area who owes me after I created 4 items for our family newsletter. She's already got a list of titles, a short list, but a list nonetheless.

[Senusret I]

Darn you for posting this! Don't NOBODY go to the PG Plaza store until AFTER Wednesday night. (I will have gotten all my books by then.) lol

And although i do support the store, I kinda scoffed at their press release because I know they don't stock black LGBT books like they could. They ignored not only my attempts to get on their shelves, but LIED to Nikki Giovanni's face when they said "Oh, just send us another review copy and we'll get Lazarus in there!" (The Deltas had an event where both Nikki and I were participants, and she and I were talking about Lazarus in front of the Karibu owner)

And none of my 8-10 friends (male or female) with LGBT themed books have been in their stores, except maybe the ones on Zane's imprint.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Darn you for posting this! Don't NOBODY go to the PG Plaza store until AFTER Wednesday night. (I will have gotten all my books by then.) lol

And although i do support the store, I kinda scoffed at their press release because I know they don't stock black LGBT books like they could. They ignored not only my attempts to get on their shelves, but LIED to Nikki Giovanni's face when they said "Oh, just send us another review copy and we'll get Lazarus in there!" (The Deltas had an event where both Nikki and I were participants, and she and I were talking about Lazarus in front of the Karibu owner)

And none of my 8-10 friends (male or female) with LGBT themed books have been in their stores, except maybe the ones on Zane's imprint.

I've heard of something similar happening with non-LGBT books, so it's not just you.

I saw this posted as a bulletin last night on MySpace so I can only imagine how large your competition is for PG Square, lol.

[lovehaiku84]

Wow, I can't believe that. This guy was a client of one of the lawyers in the office where I work. That is really unfortunate because I thought it was a good chain, but I will be reviewing my budget to see if I can afford to buy a few books (even at 50% off).

[nikki1920]

Wow, that just sucks all over. I went there right after Christmas and scoped some titles, and thought the store looked a bit empty. I'm so sad to see them go.

[Still BLUTANG]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Darn you for posting this! Don't NOBODY go to the PG Plaza store until AFTER Wednesday night. (I will have gotten all my books by then.) lol

I will be buying out the Bowie town center location on my lunch break then, so you can get everything from PG Plaza... my bad, the "mall at prince georges"

[nikki1920]

its PG Plaza.. lol.

[Senusret I]

I don't care what NOBODY say:

PG Plaza
NATIONAL Airport
Malcolm X Park


The end. lol

[Ten/Four]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I don't care what NOBODY say:

PG Plaza
NATIONAL Airport
Malcolm X Park


The end. lol

This is so true.

[nikki1920]

But its BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.. lol
That's the only regional change I'll accept.

[btb87]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I don't care what NOBODY say:


NATIONAL Airport

Although I haven't been to DC in a number of years, I still say National Airport. I was working there during the summers when I was in college. It's been so long ago that the Blue line started/ended there.

[toocute]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I don't care what NOBODY say:

PG Plaza
NATIONAL Airport
Malcolm X Park

The end. lol

W.O.R.D.
Especially NATIONAL Airport