Kepler's

Kepler's Bookstore first opened in 1955. At the time, Roy Kepler's bookstore was one of 3 in the Bay Area delivering paperbacks to the masses. From the beginning the store encouraged people to come together for intellectual discourse, which included a significant anti-war element. After Roy retired, his son, Clark Kepler, continued to run the store. In 2007 the store was rescued from closing by a group of Kepler's devotees. Then in 2012 the store came under the stewardship of Praveen Madan and his wife Christin Evans, who have reorganized the store into a for-profit bookstore with nonprofit events.

Timeline

1955 Opened in May at 959 El Camino Real next to the Guild Theatre (that's Clark's mother Patricia in front, circa 1955)

1959 Moved to 825 El Camino Real (picture of Roy in front of bookstore in 1964)

1980 Relocated to Victoria Lane at 821 El Camino Real

1989 Moved to Menlo Center at 1010 El Camino RealRefs and links:

1) Marian Softky, Kepler's: more than a bookstore, The Almanac (5/4/2005)

2) Sandy Brundage, Kepler's rebootenters second year, The Almanac Online (7/18/2013)

3) Wikipedia, Kepler's Books

4) History and Mission of Kepler's Books (2013)

5) Kepler's timeline, The Almanac (May 4, 2005)

Last updated: 11 September 2013