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Lynchburg’s Oldest Bookstore & Finest Toy Store. est. 1976

George and Sylvia Givens, a frustrated teacher and a game-for-anything wife and mother, opened Boonshire Books in 1976 in an old gas station on Boonsboro road. After clearing away the fumes and cobwebs and covering up the oil stains with remnant carpeting, they began a legacy that has since gone through many incarnations.

 

Used Book Buy Back Information

 

Hours/Availability:

As of July 2024, we are only looking at used books by appointment!

You can schedule an appointment in person, over the phone, or by Instagram message @givensusedbooks

Appointments are typically offered Wednesday - Friday. We are frequently scheduling a week or two in advance.

We typically reject up to 80% of books brought in to sell. For amounts under $40, we ONLY give general store credit. Over $40 we offer a check or store credit.

We buy books that we sense strongly will sell. In some cases, we buy larger percentages of your books (quality, genre, and shelf space will determine this).

 

Donations:

We take book donations! Since we sometimes reject up to 80% of books, IF you donate them, we will in turn donate the rejects to local libraries, organizations, etc. Otherwise, you will need to pick up the remainder books we do not buy.

Please mark donations as such when you drop them off.

 

Payment:

For hardcover and trade paperbacks, you receive a percentage of what we think we will be able to sell the books for. See further down for Mass Market Paperback Trade Credit.

For amounts under $40, we ONLY give general store credit.

If the total amounts to $40 or more, we can write a check OR give general store credit (store credit offer is 20% more than the check amount). The general store credit is good for anything in the store except for the Corduroy Café (separate business).

Mass Market Paperbacks (the very small paperbacks) are handled separately. There is a 2-for-1 trade in credit, which is only applicable to Used Mass Market Paperbacks. We give you 50% of the cover price from your Mass Market Paperbacks.

 

What’s a Book Worth?

It is impossible to value your books without seeing them in person.

Typically, the books available on the shelves are priced from $4-$15. The more valuable used books are sold online (typically books $25 and up). A first edition is not inherently valuable nor does the age necessarily make it worth more.

 

Are Your Books Right for Us?

Shelf space is a major factor in whether or not we will take your books. This constantly changes. Fiction (most genres), Classics & Literature, and Children’s Books, are the categories with the most frequent and reliable turnover.

 

What We Like to Buy:

Ask yourself: Would I buy this book (in its current condition) if I saw it on a shelf?

  • Books in great condition. Hardback, paperback, or mass market paperback.
  • Any hardcover books issued with a dust jacket should have one.
  • Vinyl records (typically sell for $1.50 - $5).
  • Audiobooks on CD (typically sell for $5).

 

What We Don’t Buy:

  • Damaged books (large rips in dust jacket, loose spine, ripped/missing pages, writing or highlighting, stains, warping, chew marks).
  • Smelly books (musty, cigarette smoke, etc.)
  • Textbooks, computer & software books, user manuals, most medical books more than 5 years old.
  • Reader’s Digest Condensed Books.
  • Encyclopedias / dictionaries (we may take very recent or antique editions [antique: 100+ years old]).
  • Ex-library books.
  • Magazines, DVDs, cassette tapes (we DO take CD audio books).

 

 

 

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"[A] remarkable funny-sad novel...Astonishing."

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Even as a child, Adina Giorno knows that she is different. She is from a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine allows her to report back on the oddities of Earthlings. For years, she makes a life for herself among humans and dispatches transmissions on the terrors and wonders of their existence. Then a friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone? Tender, joyful, and startlingly original, Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland is a novel about the fragility and resilience of life on Earth, and a story for anyone who has ever felt not quite at home in this world.

 
 
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Lynchburg, VA 24501
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Phone: 434-385-5027

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