Paperback Trader

This place is great! I could spend an entire afternoon sifting through the stacks of books. I found quite a few political/​history books I have enjoyed reading.

This place might be the biggest rip off in the area. Went in with my friend. She was trading in 3 books and was issued store credit of $ 7 and change. We then started looking through the inventory to make purchases. Instead of giving each individual book a price, there’s a price list which tells you what the discounted price is based on its original cover price. You get maybe $ 2-​$ 3 off the original price regardless of the quality of the book or how damn old and irrelevant the book might be. My friend found one book she wanted and when she went to use her store credit, she was told she doesn’t have enough and would owe him $ 5.68. So let me get this straight? I bring you three books. I go to purchase one and I still owe you $ 5.68?! How the hell is this legal? This is highway robbery! Even overlooking the insane prices on used books, the place is overloaded with stacks of books. You can barely maneuver around without knocking into stacks of books. You get a better deal sifting through used books at a thrift store or your library’s book sales, or even Amazon. I don’t know how this place stays in business.

I’ve never written a review on Unilocal but I love this store. Between searching the shelves and stacks of books and talking about books with Matt, I can spend hours in there.

I have been going here ever since I was a little girl and every time is such a pleasure. I have never been to a bookstore where the walls seem to be made completely of books: from well-​loved classics to good-​as-​new hot reads. Whenever I come with a list, I always leave with every book that I came looking for and more, for an incredible price. A perfect place to shop for books!

Note to store proprietor: you do not charge $ 5 to a potential customer on a book which retailed for $ 7 and act like it’s a «deal». And you know why. BECAUSE I FOUND THE SAME FREAKING BOOK ON AMAZON KINDLE FOR $ 3.99. So chew on that.
And I don’t appreciate it when I spend a ½ hour at your location and never get greeted once.

Oh my god, you guys. PAPER. BACK. TRADER.
I love the heck outta this place. I’ve been coming here for years. Their prices are fantastic, especially with all the store credit I’ve built up through my trades. It smells like a treasure chest in here. And my favorite part is that I’m pretty sure the owner has been playing the same ethereal piano recording for the last 15 years over and over.
It’s just… there’s nothing like it. Few things are better than spending a few hours amongst the dusty tomes and tinkling piano soundtrack of Paperback Trader and emerging squinting into the sunlight, laden with a month’s worth of yellowing, dirt-​cheap reading material.
Amen.

I’m very excited that I found this place. The aisles are clear with huge mountians of books surrounding them. They try their hardest to keep things organized but I think their inventory is just too large.
Friendly staff and a nice place to get lost in.

Nice and friendly owner.
A fun place to explore!
–Call ahead if you need something specific
–Give yourself enough time to really look through the stacks, there’s a lot there
–Nothing terribly current for fiction
–Some areas are alphabetized, but several stacks are not, I was afraid of toppling the whole stack !
Minus a star for organization — I think he needs a bigger space

This store is like Belle’s library to me. It’s one of my favorite places and I can literally spend hours here. And yes I am an unashamed bookworm. I’d take a library over jewelry any day. Who says diamonds are a girl’s best friend?

Good selection. The trade-​in gives you a discount on future purchases, not store credit. I’m sure this is great for someone who reads a lot. I don’t read enough for this method of acquiring books to make much sense. Helpful and friendly staff.

After stopping in yesterday with yet another load of books, I had to get on here and spread the word. Like books? Don’t want to fork over $ 15 — $ 20 a book? I dare you to visit and not come out with at least a handful of books. Good selection, not just old, second rate fiction. Current fiction and non-​fiction in abundance! The people working there are quiet, letting you browse without interruption but more than willing to help you find anything. The trade-​in policy allows you to store store credits, bringing your bill down even further.

I have been a looooong time customer of this store, getting my start as a youngster being dragged along by my mother. I soon found my own niche here (which has varied over the years), but I keep coming back.
One memory in particular dates back almost 20 years ago, during the peak of my comic book collecting craze… I would special order all sorts of comics every month (they had a catalog where all you had to do was check off what you wanted… how fun is that?), but eventually I ordered way too much and couldn’t pay for them. Eventually they called my house and my mom answered… well, needless to say a lot of chores were done that summer for comics I really didn’t want in the first place. Lesson (not) learned.
Nowadays I come here for some sci-​fi/​mystery books, or for the CD’s. While a used bookstore doesn’t seem like a hotspot of CD activity, they generally have something I would like to purchase. They have a great selection of other books as well, and you better believe they will have several copies of whatever book was popular a few months ago for a good price. Staff is always friendly and never snobby (hard to find in a place like this), and the prices are very reasonable across the board. A lot of cool packed into a small space, for sure.

Ever since the old Book Swap of Roxborough closed years ago this has been my book store of choice to get reading material. The collection of Sci Fi is fantastic. I never pass up a chance to buy a recent books from yard sales for cheap because they convert to great credit for buying used books. And lately my kids have been finding good stuff for themselves here as well. Highly recommended.

Huge selection. Don’t let the small size of the shop fool you, it is stuffed from ceiling to floor full of books. If you don’t mind your books being previously loved this is a great bargain shop. But do a few dog-​ears & a little highlighter really ruin a good book?
As a former library worker this places was a nice find. Books make me happy. I came in perused the huge volume of books arrange alphabetically by author (with the romance novels separated). I easily could have spent hours in this small shop but I only have an hour break for lunch so I settled on my trophy find, paid, and was on my merry way.
Also the guy working there was nice, friendly, but not pushy and didn’t follow me around the tiny store like I was going to steal something.