Sell Your Used Books
Sell us your gently used books - Get in-store credit
From November 15th through January 3rd,
we will not be taking books at any of our locations
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Our Policy
What we buy:
- All kinds of books in gently used condition
- We prefer paperback over hardcover titles
- Possible exceptions include:
- history
- cookbooks
- children's picture books
- Possible exceptions include:
What we do not buy:
- Books in poor condition:
- Water damaged
- Torn covers/dust jackets
- Hardcovers without dust jackets
- Books with highlighting/underlining/stains
- Books with broken spines
- Books with odor or mildew
- Books that we do not sell
- Book Club editions
- Ex-library books
- Promotional items/advanced reader’s copies
- Reader’s digest condensed books
- Most hardcover genre fiction (mystery, romance, science fiction, etc.)
- 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- Books with out of date information (travel, current events, etc.)
How we buy:
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. This credit can be used at any Rediscovered Books or Once and Future Books location. Anything that we cannot take, we can donate for you.