Our Policy
We are happy to offer trade credit or cash for used books. We also accept donations.
Due to space limitations, please limit your loads to one or two boxes or bags of books at a time. You will have the most success if these books are in good to excellent condition and follow the guidelines below.
What we accept:
- Used books in good to excellent condition
What we do not accept:
- Books in poor condition:
- Water damaged
- Torn covers/dust jackets
- Hardcovers without dust jackets
- Books with stains
- Books with broken spines
- Books with odor or mildew
- Books that do not reflect our store inventory and customers’ interests
- Book Club editions (with the exception of recent Book of the Month Club books)
- Ex-library books
- Promotional items
- Reader’s digest condensed books
- Encyclopedias
- Most textbooks
- Books with out of date information (travel, current events, etc.)
Our process:
We will sort through your books to decide which books we will be able to take based on the above criteria. Then we will make an offer of in-store credit or cash. If you choose to receive store credit, you can use it right away, or we will give you a trade credit card to record your amount. If you choose cash, you can take it right away.
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