Our Policy
We are happy to offer trade credit or cash for used books. We also accept donations.
We accept books from 10 am – 2 pm Monday through Friday, and 10 am – 12 pm on Saturday.
Due to space limitations, please limit your books 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
- Book Club editions (with the exception of recent Book of the Month Club books)
- Ex-library books
- Promotional items/advanced reader’s copies
- Reader’s digest condensed books
- Encyclopedias or partial sets of books
- Most textbooks
- Books that do not reflect our store inventory
- Books with out of date information (travel, current events, etc.)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.
The Book Shelf 