Almost all of our books sell for £1. And yet there are some incredibly marvellous books in there.
Like late 1800s copies of Dickens, and all sorts of things like that. All for £1 or so. Sometimes a little more.
We get all of the books for free, so the people who decide on the prices don't want to charge a lot for them. This way we'll sell loads of stock.
I have to make sure I don't have any cash on me when I go there or there'll be none left at the end of my shift.
Like late 1800s copies of Dickens, and all sorts of things like that. All for £1 or so. Sometimes a little more.
We get all of the books for free, so the people who decide on the prices don't want to charge a lot for them. This way we'll sell loads of stock.
I have to make sure I don't have any cash on me when I go there or there'll be none left at the end of my shift.
Most of the time I trade in the unwanted review copies I get (not the ARCs, mind you) for store credit (which isn't subject to TN's 9.75% sales ta
and get a dozen or two nice used books without rarely having to spend my own money. Have you seen the pics I've posted recently on the OF Blog? Something like 40 books over the past week, about 30 of which were from used bookstores in Nashville.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
/NSSP: Used Bookstore finds
- 17/07/2010 09:07:40 PM
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Ignore the squirell why would I want to ignore the squirell?? *NM*
- 18/07/2010 02:39:02 AM
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I volunteer in a bookshop which is to raise money for the local hospice.
- 18/07/2010 09:59:04 PM
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You did buy some of the Dickens, right?
- 18/07/2010 10:11:16 PM
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