Book Buying

HOW WE BUY

You may bring up to 3 boxes or 4 grocery bags per party per day. Please sign in at the front desk. Everyone is seen in the order they arrive. You must remain in the store while we are buying your books. Don’t worry, we’re fast!

We will make you an offer for cash or store credit for books that we are interested in acquiring for our inventory. For books we don't want, we'll ask you to find another home for them. While we can't dispose of unwanted books, we're glad to provide references for local non-profits that take book donations.

WHAT WE BUY

We are very interested in books on photography, fashion design, graphic design, music and fillm, sex and fetish-related erotica, art, tattoos, contemporary poetry, philosophy, cooking, architecture, radical and progressive books on race, gender, and many other topics. We also buy contemporary fiction and are interested in genres like science fiction and horror. We are picky about mystery and suspense novels.

WHAT WE DON'T BUY

Books with water damage, mold or mildew; books with musty smells, insect damage, food stains, etc.; books with highlighting, underlining, or notes in the margins. Books that have damaged spines or heavily damaged covers. Genres we aren't interested in include westerns, computer manuals, textbooks, test prep books, encyclopedia sets, golf books, Reader’s Digest and other periodicals or magazines, diet cookbooks or abridged or condensed books of longer novels.