A Castle of Books

A Castle of Books

A Castle of Books
7159 Katella Ave., Stanton, CA 90680. On Katella just east of Knott, in the Katella Square shopping center, which is between the Shoe City & Best Western, south-west Orange County, Southern California, United States
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Scheduled Closures 2008: Thursday July 24th.

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The History of "A Castle of Books"

  • ▼ 2008 (214)
    • ▼ July (22)
      • Got a call yesterday to go pick up some left behin...
      • 4 bags of stuff donated. Hubbell was here. 4+ b...
      • 3 giant boxes of paperbacks traded in, mostly roma...
      • Shelved a stack of Hardcover. Rebecca was here. ...
      • Traded in some more Toys. Purchased 6 short boxes...
      • Acres of Books -- closing forever
      • Had to reinstall WinXp, and then just about every ...
      • Packaged the few online orders. Did some accounti...
      • Vacuumed, watered plants, fixed a few things, then...
      • Finished sorting paperbacks, and rearranging boxes...
      • 11 boxes of Fantasy & Paranormal Romance came in, ...
      • Purchasing resumes. Packaged the online orders f...
      • 13 boxes of Paperbacks shelved over the week. Ven...
      • Paperbacks shelved. Vendl was here. Rebecca was ...
      • Added images to online items on various venues. V...
      • No Purchasing until the 11th
      • Closed for Summer National Championships Fencing v...
      • Managed to move most of the stack of purchases/don...
      • Happy 4th
      • Large collection traded in, mostly nothing much, b...
      • Stayed late, shelved some toys & games, monopoly X...
      • Purchased a few Art books, and some Mathematics. ...
    • ► June (30)
      • Sulu
      • More DVDs, some good action movies. I'm too nice,...
      • Busy day, but still more in than out... & had just...
      • Sorted and organized donations and other stuff. ...
      • Answered emails and packed online orders for shipm...
      • Accounting & paid bills. Rebecca was here. Finis...
      • Processed orders for shipment tomorrow. Answered ...
      • Bills, accounting, filing, bleah. Lots of trades,...
      • Finally finished emptying out the 3rd cubby 'stora...
      • Sorting and moving and organizing, still, but near...
      • More sorting and organizing, almost cleared out 2 ...
      • Processed & packed up the online orders. Answered...
      • Culled $1 books. Started on a major reorganizatio...
      • Purchased 15 (small) boxes of mostly kids books. ...
      • Marked down piles of VHS to $1.00 Shelved a few t...
      • Wallpapered the bathroom with more cartoons. Pac...
      • Marked down the Cookbooks, more at $3.95. Traded ...
      • Sorted 6 or so boxes, shelved at least a box, most...
      • Packaged online orders. Managed to shelve a few t...
      • Bills & Accounting & Filing, all day... Moved the...
      • Marked down the Plays, lots of Shakespeare at $3.9...
      • Computer crashed, had to re-install, so there went...
      • Shelved a stack of Choose Your Own Adventure books...
      • Lots of offers to sell, but nothing worthwhile. So...
      • 3 or 4 boxes of paperbacks traded in, plus a donat...
      • Packed the online orders for shipment tomorrow. S...
      • Culled the $1.00 books. Packed up 2 bulk orders. ...
      • Shelved 3 boxes of Harlequin Romantic Suspense ser...
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  • ► 2007 (289)
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    • ► August (38)
    • ► July (34)
    • ► June (31)
    • ► May (31)
    • ► April (26)

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