Recycle your books at Garlic City Books

Garlic City Books buys books. If you have books that need a new home, bring 'em on down. GCB is looking for contemporary books that are in good condition. If you bring us books that we want to sell in our store, we will give you store credit for you to use on other books in the store. That means that you can do something with all those books you have stacked by the bed or next to the couch and still get great reads for cheap! This is what Garlic City Books is all about!

Buying Hours are Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays 11am - 3pm

** no drop-offs & please limit the amount per visit to 2 shopping bags (or equivalent amount)

How does it work?

-We are not currently paying cash for books, we are giving store credit in return for the books we buy.

-We will credit your account with store credit at 30% of our sales price (which is typically half of the standard retail price) for any book that we accept.

-Store credit from buy-backs is good only on books.

-We still have to collect sales tax for books purchased with store credit. Meaning, all you will have to pay is the sales tax (9.25% of sales price) when your store credit covers the price of the book.

-Store credit is stored in our computer system in your customer file. If you choose to not immediately use your credit or use only a partial amount, it will remain in our system for use at a later date.

-The books we choose to buy are chosen based on condition, demand, and our current stock.

-We will not buy most hardcover fiction or non-fiction books, current titles excepted.

-We do not buy books that are badly worn or in poor condition.

-We do not buy Encyclopedias, travel guide books from 2007 or older, most Harlequin or Silhouette romance titles, textbooks or magazines.

A note on Rare & Collectible books: We are not a rare book dealer. We do not yet as a business and as book buyers posses the experience and judgment that it requires to deal in collectibles, nor is that our current intent.