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It's not hoarding
... if it's books
About My Store
I love books. The love of books probably started with many of you with " The Hardy Boys" or " Nancy Drew" or " The Bobbsey Twins" or " The Baby Sitters Club" or " Christopher Pike". Mine was the Hardy Boys, then being a little different, biographies.... Stalin, Napoleon, Guevera, Lenin, Mao and then into Revolutionary History then for some reason the great Russian and French authors. Yes I'm a little different.
My interest in books declined in my University days, including course text books and required readings. It picked back up after University but slowed down with children and family. However I still collected books, piled them all around me, transported them from here to there always with the thought " I will eventually read them".
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There is a word that originated in the Meiji era, as a Japanese slang.. "Tsundoku". It refers to the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.
I am a master of Tsundoku!
Store Trade Credit Policy
I love re-homing books and normally do not say no to anybook. However there are some books I have to say no to:
Reader's Digests; Textbooks ( except for English Literature types of books); Men's Adventure Books; Health Books older than 2019.
While I will take most books I can only give credit for those that are in decent condition. ie Hard Covers with good conditioned dust jackets, books that do not have any damage or books that we do not have too much inventory of.
The normal program is:
$1.50 for Youth softcover books
$1.50 for Westerns and pocket novels
$2.00 for Youth hardcover books
$2.00 for Adult Fiction softcover books
$3.00 for Adult Fiction hardcover books
Your trade credit can be used to pay up to 50% of your purchase of previously enjoyed books.
So if you have a trade credit of $20.00 and buy $20.00 worth of books, you may apply a credit of $10.00 towards the final price.
If you have a trade credit of $20.00 and buy $40.00 or more worth of books, you may apply a credit of $20.00 towards the final price.
Book Purchasing Policy
All book prices on this site include tax. Book covers are stock images or my own photographs. Some books are available in both soft and hard covers. See book details for this information.
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Payment methods accepted:
This is not an e-commerce site so you can send a message to me and we can make arrangements on how purchases can be made.
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Refunds:
Books are returnable for a credit towards another purchase. Communicate with me to make these arrangements.
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Shipping rates:
Postage is charged at whatever Canada Post charges us. You will not be charged more than the actual cost of postage. Postage charge will be affected by the destination of the delivery.