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| - I first stumbled into Half Price Books Records Magazines not knowing what kind of business it was. Sure, I read the sign, but the name is pretty vague and leaves a lot of questions unanswered. What do they sell exactly? And how are their prices compared to, say, suggested retail? Impossible to tell. I had to venture in. Unexpectedly, I found that it was an excellent used bookstore (not a silk flower seller, as I had thought).
With the Bookman's juggernaut several miles away, Half Price scratches the same itch for hunting through shelves and shelves of used books looking for that gem. Personally, I love combing through row after row, looking at spines and reading back covers. And there is plenty at Half Price to pour over. They have an excellent selection of fiction and its sub-genres, and a decent enough selection in non-fiction categories like cooking, history, or gaming. You may not find everything you've been looking for, but on the other hand, you may come away with some new find that you hadn't even known you were looking for. The music and movie selections are relatively lousy, offering mostly out-dated mainstream fare. And in this digital world, half price on that stuff is less impressive. My advice is to stick with the books. The prices are decent, and the selection wonderful. The only real downside is that there is no place to really hang out and read, have coffee, or chat. Those things are a pretty big draw for me, so it's a bit disappointing that I have to just buy my book and go home.
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