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| - You know you hit bookstore gold when you walk in and the smell of books hits you. Not, coffee, not some sort of air freshener, but books. I wasn't planning on going to Amber Unicorn, but since it was in the same shopping center as Trader Joe's (which was my destination) I hit this place up. Its been on my bookmarks for a while, so I was excited to visit another used book shop, and to check something off my list.
I was greeted immediately when I walked in. The staff (I assume the man and woman where the owners) were very friendly during my entire experience.
The store is not big, but it is full of books. They carry all kinds, but specialize in hard cover, first edition and antique books. However, they had a very good selection of fiction, sci-fi, mystery and horror paper backs. They also have a lot of non-fiction, a great cook book selection, and a pretty substantial military and religion section. The organization was a little strange, but I was able to navigate. I was not looking for anything specific as I wasn't intended on going to the bookstore. After spending about 30 minutes looking, I went ahead and purchased one of the few Ray Bradbury novels I do not own.
The Amber Unicorn also buys books, but they are pretty selective. For paperbacks they pay 10% of cover price.
Now that I've been here, I will definitely come back with some time and some specific titles in mind.
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