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Keep DIESEL Rolling On!

25 years of bookselling. How about another 25?

1 Campaign |

Oakland, United States

$12,840 USD 140 backers

15% of $84,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Choose your Perk

DIESEL Button

$15 USD

"Reading in Oakland Since Before It Was Cool"

7 claimed

Read 'Em & Weep

$25 USD

Free special edition DIESEL Publication by author Barry Gifford.

7 claimed

"Born to Read" Onesie

$30 USD

"Born to Read" onesie sizes: 3-6 Months, 6-12 Months, 12-18 Months, 18-24 Months.

12 claimed

"Born to Read"

$30 USD

Colors: Orange or White T-shirt sizes: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

7 claimed

"Do You Smell Carrots"

$40 USD

A joke book for kids

3 out of 10 of claimed

"I Hella Read These" T-shirt

$50 USD

T-shirt made in Oakland. Sizes available: S, M, L

12 claimed

Dave Eggers' Tote Bag

$60 USD

Tote bag featuring the text of "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers

4 out of 12 of claimed

"Feed Your Head" T-Shirt

$75 USD

Anniversary Edition of DIESEL's very first t-shirt. Sizes available: S, M, L

8 claimed

Bookstories

$75 USD

Special Edition McSweeney's oversize accordion book. Contributors - Matthew Zapruder, Jesse Nathan, and more - celebrate the idiosyncratic, joy-and-dream-inducing potential of the independent bookstore.

0 out of 46 of claimed

California Classics Box Set

$90 USD

A CBD Item. Books included are "Ask the Dust" by John Fante, "Get Shorty" by Elmore Leonard, "Hollywood" by Charles Bukowski, and "Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin.

4 out of 26 of claimed

Tote Bag + Book

$100 USD

DIESEL Neon Tote Bag plus one trade paperback book

15 claimed

Kobo Arc 32GB

$125 USD

Kobo's Android 4.0 tablet comes with a 1.5GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. Read books, browse the web, watch movies, or listen to music. Apps available from the Google Play store.

2 out of 6 of claimed

Kobo Arc 64GB

$175 USD

Kobo's Android 4.0 tablet comes with a 1.5GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Read books, browse the web, watch movies, or listen to music. Apps available from the Google Play store.

2 out of 3 of claimed

DIESEL Classics Set

$200 USD

Choose a bookseller and get their ideal Box Set of 6 books. These are the books we think you simply must own. Booksellers: Alison, Brad, Chris, Christine, Colin, John, Linda, Pam

7 claimed

Kobo Arc7

$200 USD

The updated version of the Kobo Arc, this Android 4.2 tablet comes with a 1.2GHz quad core processor, 1GB of DDR3 RAM, and 8GB of storage, expandable with a microSD card. Read books, browse the web, watch movies, or listen to music. Apps available from the Google Play store.

1 out of 5 of claimed

Lunch with John & Alison

$500 USD

Want to pick a bookstore owner's brain? Meet the sharp minds and warm personalities of John and Alison, founders and owners of DIESEL, A Bookstore.

3 claimed

Ultimate DIESEL Boxset

$1,500 USD

48 books from all 8 of us! This is DIESEL's ultimate must-own collection.

0 claimed

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Hugo Lithograph

$80 USD

4 out of 4 of claimed

sold out

Brokeland Records Sign

$1,000 USD

1 out of 1 of claimed

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Choose your Perk

DIESEL Button

Read 'Em & Weep

"Born to Read" Onesie

"Born to Read"

"Do You Smell Carrots"

"I Hella Read These" T-shirt

Dave Eggers' Tote Bag

"Feed Your Head" T-Shirt

Bookstories

California Classics Box Set

Tote Bag + Book

Kobo Arc 32GB

Kobo Arc 64GB

DIESEL Classics Set

Kobo Arc7

Lunch with John & Alison

Ultimate DIESEL Boxset

Hugo Lithograph

Brokeland Records Sign