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Visit Our Store

Visiting Cleveland? Live nearby? If so, feel free to stop by. We have a section of about 2500 browsable books mostly in the areas of art, photography, military, entertainment, history and oversize books. The best part is that each book is only $5.00. Please email or call (216-241-7640) to arrange a visit during normal business hours.

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Zubal Books Advises Buyers to NEVER Purchase From Bookjackers

Bookjackers: Who they are, what they do, and why YOU should NEVER purchase from them. Current list of Bookjackers updated July 2023.

We've been selling books online since about 1995. Over the years we've seen many changes in our own company as well as at sites like Abebooks.com, Amazon.com, and Alibris. One of the worst developments has been the rise of the BOOKJACKERS.

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Book Brothers Episode 13

Book Brothers Episode 13
Released: December, 2023

The Best Laid Plans...

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Book Brothers Episode 12

Book Brothers Episode 12
Released: November, 2022

Art + books = Love / Treachery on the East Coast / Digital Book Piracy...

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Michael Zubal’s recent appearance on New Day Cleveland

By Zubal Books PKG
Published: June 17 2025

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Tremont’s Zubal Books preserves the written word and a 60-year-old literary tradition

The Land article by Collin Cunningham
Published: February 24th 2022

A lot of people think of us as one of Cleveland's best-kept secrets and we've been here for about 50 years so we're in it for the long haul...

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The Book Seller

Michael Zubal, co-owner of Zubal Books, has amassed one of the largest book collections in the country, clocking in at over 1 million books. He's spent his life surrounded by the printed word and with those that cherish it. He is, The Book Seller.

By NEOhioLife
Published: February 2022

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Book Brothers Episode 11

Book Brothers Episode 11
Released: December 3, 2021

The biggest book deal (conclusion) / What makes a book valuable?

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Book Brothers Episode 10

Book Brothers Episode 10
Released: August 18, 2021

In our 10th episode Michael and Tom discuss the biggest book purchase of their lifetimes, what makes a book rare or valuable, and the challenges of entering the used book business in the 21st century.

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Book Brothers Podcast - Episode 9

Book Brothers Episode 9
Released: April 25, 2021

In episode 9, Michael recounts his near-death experience in a wintery maelstrom with a van full of books and Tom provides a breakdown of his recent book trips to St. Louis and Los Angeles.

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Book Brothers Podcast - Episode 8

Book Brothers Episode 8
Released: February 22, 2021

Michael and Tom Zubal (The Book Brothers) veer from their usual path and bring on special guest renowned book collector Michael Zinman to set the record straight regarding an important 1990s rescue of tens of thousands of printed artifacts from the New York Public Library. Aside from sharing rare insight and first person experiences with The Brothers, Zinman appears in the recent film "The Booksellers"

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Book Brothers Podcast - Episode 7

Book Brothers Episode 7
Released: November 29, 2020

The art of the book deal in the 21st century - Rock n' Roll, leather, and movies
Michael and Tom Zubal discuss 2 local deals that involve rock n' roll lifestyles and several trips hauling the goods as well as a major purchase of several thousand pristine Easton Press books on the East Coast. They also share their thoughts on the movie "The Booksellers"

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Book Brothers Podcast - Episode 6

Book Brothers Episode 6
Released: April 14, 2020

50,000 Books on an Island
Michael and Tom Zubal discuss a purchase of 50,000 books on a remote island and chat about scholarly, rare and collectible books.

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Exclusive Interview - Detroit Bookfest

Zubal Books in Cleveland has over 3 million books: Touring the family business with co-owner MICHAEL ZUBAL!

Read the article published July 19th, 2019 on the Detroit Bookfest Website.

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Zubal Books mourns the passing of Anthony Bourdain

Zubal Books mourns the passing of gourmand, adventurer and wonderful human being, Anthony Bourdain.

View Channel 3 News tribute here.

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Cool Spaces: Penthouse atop West Side warehouse is frozen in time.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - - In 1954, The Plain Dealer Sunday magazine featured a flattering article about a new, upscale penthouse built on top of an existing book warehouse on West 25th Street.

"People love it when they come up here," says Michael Zubal, whose family's Zubal Books has occupied the warehouse since 1973. "We haven't changed it (the penthouse) except to dust it up and wash it off every once in a while.

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Bookjacking Level II

I spend about 35 hours a week pricing our incoming books by using Abe.com and Amazon.com. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a very strange trend. For almost EVERY modern book that I handle (which mostly happen to be books published by scholarly and university presses), not only does Amazon display a record that contains an ISBN (which I will refer to as a LEGITIMATE record), but also several identical records that do NOT contain ISBNs (which I will refer to as ILLEGITIMATE records).

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