Willow Glen, San Jose, CA
Hicklebee's
Heads up: Unclaimed books are donated 30 days after a consignment ends. Street address and neighborhood are from a search snippet (the site blocks direct fetching of its hours page). How to hand in the printed form isn't stated on the page.
San Jose children's bookstore with a consignment program for Bay Area authors and illustrators.
- Location
- Willow Glen, San Jose, CA
- Address
- 1378 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, CA 95125
- Website
- hicklebees.com
- Submission page
- Open the shop's page ↗
- Pitch method
- Form
- Terms
- Consignment: Hicklebee's pays 60% of retail on sold copies and keeps 40%; 5 copies to start, stocked at least 3 months
- Buying model
- Consignment
- Split & fees
- 60% of each sale to the author; $45.00 per-title handling fee, paid after a title is accepted; Hicklebee's keeps 40% of retail (per their page, checked 2026-10-17).
- Local only
- Yes: San Francisco Bay Area
- Buying windows
- no new submissions in November and December
- Carries
- Books, Kids & toys
- Not listed
- Last verified
- 2026-10-17
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