Selling us your gently used books

 Monday-Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

When: Monday-Saturday 9:00am-4:00pm. We buy good quality used books every day of the week except Sundays and Holidays. For large amounts (six boxes or more) it is best to come between 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday when we are a little quieter.

How it works: Bring your books to the ground floor where staff at the front counter can help you. Allow yourself 15-20 minutes to browse the store while the book buyer assesses your books. If you need a dolly to help you carry in several boxes please ask at the front to borrow one. Unfortunately, our employees are not allowed to leave the store to assist you.

What you get for your books: We buy books we can resell. We typically offer up to 50% of what we will hopefully sell the books for in Store Credit. We typically do not offer cash on amounts less than 20 dollars, and any cash offers made are at the discretion of the book buyer.  Any offer we do make (cash or credit) will fluctuate based on the desirability and quality of books, their condition, and our own inventory levels.

Parking: There is metered on-street parking in front of our store, but we are also located near a city parkade on View Street. The parkade has pedestrian access to Fort Street. We have first hour free parking passes for this parkade at the front counter.

Large Amounts of Books: If you have over 1000 books, we might be able to have one of the book buyers come to you. Please call the store (250) 361-4447 to discuss your books and possibly arrange a viewing.

What we are interested in: From antiquarian books to the latest releases, academic books to children’s books, we are interested in just about anything. We get in over a THOUSAND books everyday in all categories. We do accept books in various conditions, but we prefer them in perfect condition. A little crease here or there or some highlighting and underlining won’t necessarily prevent us from buying it, but it will affect the price you get.

What we will not buy: Books in bad condition. This includes: loose pages, cracked spines, funky odours, excessive marking, and rips and tears. We also do not buy Readers Digest Condensed books, outdated textbooks and computer manuals, encyclopedia sets, previous library books, or Harlequin romance novels. We do carry some select magazines, but generally do not buy many.

For further questions regarding book buying please call us at (250) 361-4447 (ask to speak to a Book Buyer).