Wednesday, November 5, 2025

New Used Bookstore in Town

As I pointed out in this post, a new bookstore for used book opened in my town, diagonally across from the bookstore that opened back in February. It had been more than 20 years since our last bookstore had closed. Now there are two, across the street from each other--kind of seems weird. 

Again here the photos from my group's little trip to the store on Halloween, and some photos of the store's exterior:






It's small store, much smaller than the used bookstore that used to be in a nearby town. I was upset when that one closed. Now I've got one in my own town. 

So far I've only gotten three used books from the new store. The books are priced individually. Two rather unexpected finds: two different books by Barbara Cartland--something that seems hard to  find. Four years ago, one of the challenges I participated in had "A book by Barbara Cartland" as a prompt. One was listed in my library's database, but they were unable to locate it, so I requested another via their Zip books service (ordering books not already at the library). The aforementioned now-defunct used bookstore did not have any of her books, despite how large the store was. And I have never seen any of her books in thrift stores either. So I was surprised to find two of her books in one small used store. The two books were this and this one.

6 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

It looks great! I'm surprised that it's hard to find Barbara Cartland books -- she used to be so popular! But maybe people hang on to her books so they don't end up being resold?

Liz A. said...

So nice to have two new used bookstores. I hope you enjoy them.

Live and Learn said...

That looks more spacious and orderly than most used book stores I have been in. I wonder if it will stay that way? I would enjoy it if we had a used book store in our town. My favorite local one went to all online sales.

Jamie Ghione said...

Liz A: The other bookstore is a regular one. New stuff. Independently owned.

Lady M said...

I bet you will be their best customer.

My name is Erika. said...

Used bookstore are my favorite stores because it's always an adventure to see what books they have. How exciting to have 2 bookstores so close to each other.