Book Mark the Paperback Book Exchange

An absolutely charming book store. They’ve had everything I was ideally looking for when requesting an author or had suggestions when stumped about the next subject or storyline to venture.

This is a great place for used paperbacks. Don’t expect a large selection of fancy first editions or rare hardbacks. this is a place to get your next relaxing read or the next paperback in the series you like.
Good customer service. well organised. clean.
a little pricier than I’d expect, but a good exchange/​credit system if you are there often.

For a used bookstore with an exchange this really is as good as it gets if you love books as much as me! It is run by some delightful older ladies who love what they do and know their store like the back of their hands. The books are in good condition and are a great price. You will find some real treasures here! I most recently ambled in on a Saturday morning just for fun and found an old copy of Anne’s House of Dreams for only $ 2 and in perfect condition!

This place is awesome. Who could not love a used bookstore? There are some great deals on great books. For someone who loves to read, this is the perfect place to find obscure and out of print titles.
Sure it can be funky, and despite the complaints about their pricing and trade system, I am not sure I understand the complaints, you are getting books for a fraction of their original cost.
Check it out and enjoy!

I am not much of a reader, but I went into this store with a friend the other day, and I think it is such a cute used book store!
They seem to have a wide variety of books as well!
They take cash or checks, so keep that in mind!
I look forward to my next visit!

Used book stores are far and few between these days. They have a nice selection of used books. They are mostly paperbacks with some hard cover books. It is a good place to pick romance novels or best sellers. The type of paperback you find at Walmart or at the airport. Cash only. I like going here before a trip just to walk around and see what I can bring with me to read on the airport.

I went in here because a friend of mine had trade-​in credit that she wasn’t going to use. The deal with trade-​in is that for each book you pay half the price of the publisher’s price. Then pay 75 cents for each book. Each book is at least $ 2. You can find a lot of good books here if you remember to bring a list of your favorite authors. Otherwise, there are so many books to choose from. There is a section of books from Mystery and beyond that where all the acceptable books for trade-​ins can be picked. Also, all the trade-​in books are stamped with the name of the bookstore, so in a way, it feels like the book is always theirs.
When I went into the store, I was greeted with a smile, but as I spent more time inside, the less positive feedback I received from one of the cashier. I came to her with questions about the trade-​in system and particular books, which as a customer you’re allowed to do. It just seemed like my presence was more of a bother than the books I was going to get was worth. The last straw was when I asked if I could take a picture of the three by five card with how much money was left for classics and general. I said I’d like to know how much is left for when I came in again. The lady said, «You can take a picture, but it doesn’t do anything for us.» The manner in which with this was spoken was so rude and condescending. Like I can’t keep track of the trade-​in amounts for my own purposes?
I’ll have to bare and grit my teeth when I go in there next. It almost doesn’t seem worth the good deal only to be treated this way.

Reading is my absolutely favorite down time. I could spend hours in a used book store without even realizing it. I was so stoked to find this place just a few doors down from my work place.
They do have a nice variety of books but it is a bit pricey in my opinion. I loved that I could bring my old books in to get credit for them that I could use in the store to purchase more! I was very disappointed to find out that I could only use my credit for certain books. That seems unfair. Of course every book I wanted in the store was located in the front which are all the books that you must pay for and are unable to use store credit.

This store is around the corner from my house! I try to go at least once a month. The service is great and the selection is wide for adults. The young adult and children’s sections vary — sometimes they have a lot to offer and sometimes it’s just random books that I have little interest in (which is a bummer sometimes because YA is my genre). But other than that, it’s a great store in a super fun and central location and I highly recommend it! Remember to bring cash/​checks and you’ll be right as rain — your pockets will be empty but you’ll be happy you have a bagful of books! ;)

Love this place. Great used book store. Friendly owner and staff, helpful and they know where everything is. In our family, mysteries, action-​adventures, and sci-​fi. Some of the info from other reviews is a bit misleading. Some of their books are half price, but many are way less than that. Sure they only take cash and checks — this is a small business with no room for credit card fees. Easy location, go check them out. For those reviewers who complain about the large sections for books you’re not interested in — so what??! Why should you care? Live and let live — there are surely some books that will show the benefits of that…

You gotta love having a used bookstore in your town. I seriously do not buy a lot of books anymore since I usually listen to a lot of audiobooks, so use my local library!
But, sometimes you need that certain book… it’s hard to find. It’s old. This is the place you go. I did just that recently when i was looking for some series books that I need the old ones to catch up with. Loved that they carried exactly what i waas looking for.
Prices are a little high for used books… ½ the cover price, but the good part is you can bring them back afterwards for credit. That makes it a little cheaper.
Overall, this is your typical used book store. It’s exactly what you picture when you think «used books». They even have a selection of Audio, but I’m just too cheap for that.
Oh, and bring cash… or your checkbook.

Cool place. I went in to find the no longer published Sword of Shannara (you have to pick it up now in the trilogy form) and got it for $ 2. Their prices are half of the book’s cover price. One copy of the same book could be $ 2 more just because it was published at a later date when the price was higher. They will also stamp your book so you could re-​sell it to them even if they don’t need it.
I think the price is cheap enough to warrant coming here instead of the library.

I think I arrived just as the retirement home handed out the yearly book club reading list. About 10 old ladies all pulling at the sales girl at once. Good selection and could be a pleasant little bookshop if it weren’t crowded with biddies. The sales girl was still nice and helpful when I wanted to find a specific section. Can’t believe some people complained about the smell… Its a used book store! Smelled like afternoon lazy day reading to me. :) Definitely frequenting this shop from now on.

Great place to find rare out of print SF books. The SF section is the only one I go to, and it’s a good one if you’re into that. You can find real gems here, and seriously, even if you don’t have store credit, you’ll be paying less than you would for a penny book on Amazon with shipping. The trade in values are fair, but you do need to understand the trade in policy to get it to work in your favor (distributed by genre). You have to have credit for Oprah’s books and whatever else.

cash preferred. Limited selection (unless you like romance novels). Picked up seven paperbacks, used a friend’s $ 11 credit (hand scribbled index cards… not a laptop, mac., printer, or anything above a hand calcular in sight). The two ladies working there (volunteering? I dunno), clearly were at a loss.
So, with an $ 11 credit, and picking up seven used paperbacks, I was still $ 13.00 out of pocket. Yikes!
I’m giving three stars instead of two, because honestly, this is typically my experience in used bookstores. Same smell, same service, same. same…same.

Oh, I think the Book Mark is great! I’ve sold books there and got some great newer books for cheap! A book I had contemplated buying forever was there for $ 5! I was going to go to a big-​box store to buy it for $ 14, but decided to stop in here first.
They do have an enormous romance section in the back, but the front has mainly new (er) releases. If you’re willing to do a little digging you can find some good ones you forgot you wanted to read.
Check it out before you run up the road to Barnes & Noble. You might just find what you’re looking for!

nothing special here, unless you want pulp sci-​fi or romance novels. seriously, their romance novel section is INSANE. and it’s all labeled. everything from «lusty historical a-​z» to «temptations». there’s a few signs in there telling parents not to let their kids take the books down. i didn’t really browse, but they must have some pretty scandalous cover art back there.
my favorite was «Blackmailed Into the Italian’s Bed».
i liked some of the covers a lot, on a purely aesthetic level, but i couldn’t bring myself to purchase one. chicks in those novels always seem to be getting «ravaged» or straight up raped. i’d be emabrassed if somebody thought i wanted to be ravaged/​raped by an indian chieftan holding me captive in his wigwam.
cash only, by the way.

I’ve never read a romance novel in my life, so when I walked into the Book Mark I was shocked to see how HUGE their collection of trashy romance novels is – it took up the entire back room! I guess I never knew these crappy things were in such high demand.
The sci-​fi section here is pretty cool, but unlike other used book stores, their prices are kind of high. They let you take half off the original price (there’s a $ 2 minimum for sci-​fi books), which can be high if you’re looking for a good book that was released not very long ago.
Oh, the non-​fiction section is hurting. Don’t even bother looking through it.