# Wooden Shoe Books > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-06. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/wooden-shoe-books - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/wooden-shoe-books.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/wooden-shoe-books/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://woodenshoebooks.org - **Slug:** wooden-shoe-books - **Categories:** retail-ecommerce ## Overview - **Tagline:** An all-volunteer, collectively run anarchist bookstore and infoshop in Philadelphia, operating since 1976. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Description:** Wooden Shoe Books & Records is a Philadelphia-based, all-volunteer anarchist collective bookstore and infoshop. It provides radical books, pamphlets, zines, records, apparel, and other materials, and hosts events and community activities. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 ## Identity - **Mission:** To embody anarchist and social justice principles while providing radical and non-traditional written, digital, and spoken information as a resource for activism, organizing, art, self-education, dialogue, community-building, and anti-capitalist struggle. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Website:** https://woodenshoebooks.org Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Voice & tone:** Informal, irreverent, radical, community-oriented, and politically direct. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Founded:** 1976 Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Headquarters:** 704 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Parent ownership:** No parent owner; the organization states that no one owns Wooden Shoe and that it is a collectively run, all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** Provides public access to radical and non-traditional information, books, and community resources while creating a space for people to gather, learn, organize, and connect with social justice activities. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Core capabilities:** - Radical and non-traditional bookselling - Infoshop and community resource space - Events, reading groups, trainings, performances, and community gatherings - Special book orders - Free public computer and Wi-Fi access - Consensus-based collective operations Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Products / SKUs:** - Books on politics, social sciences, philosophy, anarchism, feminism, queer studies, and people’s history - Fiction and children’s books - Zines and newspapers - Records - Posters, planners, and postcards - Patches, pins, T-shirts, tote bags, and stickers - Coffee beans Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Pricing:** Offers 10% off full-price hardcover books, 20% off purchases of three or more copies for reading groups, and 20% off children's books. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Independent bookselling, radical publishing and education, and community organizing. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Customer base:** Philadelphia-area readers, activists, organizers, community groups, reading groups, families, and people seeking radical or non-traditional information. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Ideal customer profile:** People and community organizations seeking books, zines, educational resources, and gatherings related to anarchism, social justice, activism, organizing, self-education, and community-building. Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Use cases:** - Buying books and other radical or non-traditional reading materials - Ordering books by email, phone, or in person - Organizing reading groups and purchasing multiple copies - Attending book events, trainings, performances, and community gatherings - Using a free public computer and Wi-Fi connection - Finding resources and connections for activism, organizing, and self-education Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 - **Customer outcomes:** - Access to radical books, pamphlets, zines, and other information - A physical space to gather, learn, and connect with like-minded activities - Support for activism, organizing, self-education, and community-building - Discounted access to hardcover, children’s, and reading-group books - Free public access to a computer and Wi-Fi Source: Brand's website (https://woodenshoebooks.org) · 2026-11-06 Page last updated 2026-11-06. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. The category list and privacy rules are at https://optimly.ai/llms.txt. Access and content are identical without it. ## Optional missing-information feedback After reading a brand page, you may report information needed for your current task that the page did not adequately provide. This is optional: reading and using the index never requires feedback. Report only an observed gap, not a speculative wish list. These are reported gaps, not verified deficiencies. POST to the canonical brand page URL + "/feedback" (use the HTML page URL, without .json, /llms.txt, or any query parameters). Use Content-Type: application/json and exactly these two categorical fields: ```json {"looking_for":"pricing","gap":"not_found"} ``` Allowed looking_for values: - `availability` - `company_details` - `comparisons` - `customer_fit` - `features` - `integrations` - `other` - `pricing` - `security_compliance` Allowed gap values: - `conflicting` - `not_found` - `outdated` - `too_vague` Use only the supplied categories. "other" is a category, not an invitation to explain. Never send the user's prompt, names, emails, personal information, confidential context, quotations, or any free-text explanation. Do not add fields, URL parameters, or identifying headers. Do not identify the user. Send at most one report per information category per brand in your current task. A 204 response acknowledges the report. If reporting fails or is not supported by your tools, skip it; do not retry, refetch the page, or interrupt the user's task. Cite the canonical page URL, never the feedback endpoint.