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Half Price Books
Discover affordable treasures in a vast collection of books, music, and more—where every visit is an adventure!
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Discover affordable treasures in a vast collection of books, music, and more—where every visit is an adventure!
Half Price Books is a beloved Austin institution offering a massive selection of new and used books, audiobooks, DVDs, vinyl records, games, and unique gifts. With a focus on affordability and sustainability, we buy and sell quality items, support local authors, and provide exceptional customer service. Our knowledgeable staff helps you find hidden gems, order from other locations, and declutter your collection. Whether you're a casual reader, collector, or language learner, our store is a community hub for book lovers seeking great deals and rare finds.
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Wide selection of new, used, rare, and signed books across all genres at discounted prices.
Sell your gently used books, media, and games for cash or store credit to declutter and earn.
Order books from other locations with staff assistance for hard-to-find or specific titles.
Stock and sell works by local authors, including self-published books through consignment agreements.
Extensive collection of audiobooks, DVDs, vinyl records, board games, puzzles, and electronic games.
Unique items like sheet music, notebooks, guided journals, calendars, and children's toys.
Have price books is always great.And their staff is extremely nice.Patient, helpful and dwell informed.And even when they're not super acquainted with my niche , annoying questions , they take the time. I've sold there several times which helps to declutter if I can resist replacing every single book I sell with more. At least if I spend every dollar I get selling on more books.It'll be fewer books overall🤣😅 i don't want to speak against book people. Because they have great things and Austin is a great brick and mortar book town in general, but when I was there recently, it was November barely past Halloween, and their prices were as phrenomical for the holidays. At\nHalf price books, just yesterday.Everything seemed priced.Give or take the usual range , which is good , very good. And they have some pretty cool new stuff that places like book people don't have. They reserve a lot of space for sheet, music, notebooks, guided notebooks and gifts.But not to the point of excess, where it infringes upon their books selection, which is excellent and they'll always help you order a book from another location when possible, which it almost always is. I want to sell books at the last second before closing yesterday and needed some books for my Italian tutoring work.They have numerous proper textbooks for well under $20, the most expensive being $28. And\nOther niche books in foreign language section among others.I like the clarence section not only for the one dollar prices but because I found the nineties book snaps , which got me in trouble in fourth grade and is basically "yo mama" jokes etc... Think 1992 or so🤣 it lives in my bathroom and my russian friend thought it was actually modern ethnic lane , which I told him it was not by thirty plus years. "You're so skinny, you can hula hoop in a cheerio!" I can't remember what other random awesome finds i've had there but they definitely exist and are very numerous. I always go to Lamar in Kenya, but one time I went north by Research Boulevard and found Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice, gr8 🇷🇺 self-teaching books & some other really niche stuff like Babysitters Club tote bags for more than I wanted to pay, but full of nostalgia if I'm gonna totally date myself...#KristysGreatIdea #1stChapterBooksEver in an age where the big box bookstores have gone to hell in a handbasket, sorry to say, it's nice that you can ask questions and get real answers, plus they support local authors by stocking/selling their work, even if it's self-published, I believe, and they do some kind of consignment agreement w/local authors. Oh yeah, honorable mention big time.Is the sheet music to my favorite musical ever Hair. I had bought a way more expensive copy from the play's revival, circa 2008, which lacked tons of songs from the full soundtrack and the version I found at half price books, which was all of $6, has everything, and then some, I swear I don't think there's a single track, missing that I like, and they have the correct version of the Song easy to be hard. Oh yeah, and they'll hold books for you for several days. Up to 5. End, their foreign language section doesn't just have DIY teacherself stuff.It has a decent selection of novels and story collections , et cetera for true speakers of those languages and not just a decent spanish selection. I've spied purchased italian books to read and college like one that I can't stand and don't ever wanna read again for some reason. My only regret is not getting "Gomorrah" about the Neapolitan Camorrah mob and based on true accounts from a journalist native to the area who's been in hiding with 7+ bodyguards at all times since exposing them. Gr8 2015 film adaptation FYI. So yeah, support this store. It's brick & mortar, affordable, old-school and you can declutter your existing book overload by selling them used stuff while pocketing a little cash or investing in some new books and not supporting the antichrist Jeff Bezos. Employees that have books reminds me why robot slave employees shouldn't exist in certain places! Ideally none🤷♀️
I went to this Half Price Books location and was greeted by Ryan. He then patiently helped me find a long list of books. Ryan was very nice and helpful! Highly recommend this location due to friendly staff members and wide selection of titles.
I visited this location for the first time very well stocked good prices very good customer service but I did not find what I was looking for how sad I will return again
1/2 Price Books has always been an adventure to go to because of the unique array of books that they carry. You can never be too sure about what you’ll find for sale. No two stores are identical in inventory because of their buyback purchase programs. And that’s the best part because some of these up cycled books are great treasures, and some are truly unique finds. They also stock a vast array of board games, card games, puzzles, electronic games, CDs, and vintage records. I particularly like checking out the writing papers, blank journals and memory books Be sure to locate their vintage section containing old newspapers and first additions; or very scarce books. Just don’t get too disappointed in their buyback program because in some instances, they really do give you pennies on the dollar; Other books or games you may be able to make some good money off of. They process your potential buybacks quickly. Once you’re familiar with what they’re interested in buying back when you’re an avid reader, you’ll understand which books to bring in and which ones to donate to the local Friends of the Library at your town’s public Library.
I love half price books and this store is one of the best ones in Austin. I’m not sure but it might also be the first one that came to Austin, it’s been here for at least 20 years maybe 30. They obviously have tons of books, but they also have audiobooks, DVDs if anybody uses those anymore, stationary, calendars, games, and children, toys, and a good selection of rare and signed books. For donations, it’s easiest to take things in the door on the south side of the building around the corner from the main entrance, if you have a lot of books. If you have good books, you would make more selling them your yourself on Amazon or eBay, but you’d waste a lot more time doing it too. This is one of the best bookstores in Austin, I think I only like Book People better.
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