An open house at the one and only non-profit book distributor is a wonderful thing. You can drift through the stacks shopping and enjoying discounts up to %40, there are readings, and snacks; you will be in with the in crowd. It costs nothing but a trip to Berkeley, California’s warehouse district. This year, it also happens to feature Pamela Lu’s very first Bay Area reading in, I think, as much as five years! Read about it here.