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| Judy began this 7,000 square
foot bookstore selling household items, including a small box of books,
at a flea market in the early 70’s while waiting for a teaching position
at a DeLand school. The flea market business grew into a books-only
business and became so cumbersome she opened a store in her house
in 1976. That expanded and within 8 months necessitated a move to
a storefront. She ran the store and continued the flea market for
8 years before concentrating on the store and quitting the market.
Over the next few years the store moved again, then expanded 3 times
in that location before she finally bought the building at her present
location.
She now has 4 full time and 3 part time employees to help with the trading, shelving, alphabetizing, re-alphabetizing (and re re-alphabetizing) of approximately 200,000 books which arrive daily, as well as 800 new magazine titles which arrive 2 to 3 times each week. She is proud to have been voted “Best In The West” every year by readers of the local News Journal since the contest first began in 1994. Her two cats, Simon and Schuster, greet the customers and are often found in someone’s lap or peeking out the window. This
is a family owned, independent bookstore that has grown up with
DeLand, which is a delightful small southern, college town. |
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ALL CREDIT TO BE USED ON MASS MARKET ("Pocket Size") PAPER BACK BOOKS ONLY* WE MAKE SOME EXCEPTION ON A CURRENT PER VISIT BASIS WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE BOOKS BROUGHT IN FOR CREDIT. You will receive trade credit up to 25% of the publishers' price or in some cases half of our selling price. This credit may be used towards the purchase of used books similar to your trade-ins. (i.e. science fiction for science fiction, romance for romance, etc.) Check at the desk to see if cross trading is allowed based on your current trade-ins. We take most of our own books back in trade and welcome gently pre-read books if we are not already overstocked. HAVING TRADE CREDIT DOES NOT ELIMINATE YOUR CASH COST. EVEN IF YOU HAVE A LARGE TRADE CREDIT BALANCE, THE BOOKS ARE NOT FREE. You will be required to pay, in cash, 10% of the trade credit used (Use $6.00 trade credit and pay 60 cents and tax). Please note the most current, collectible or hard-to-get out of print books that are bagged or have our yellow "cash only" sticker on them can only be traded out at our discretion. New merchandise is never traded out. When
we accept your trades you will receive a credit receipt. As we
do not keep duplicate records of credit receipts, it is your responsibility
to keep track of your credit as well as you would if it were cash.
Please present credit receipts at time of purchase. TRADE CREDIT
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Cost of used books is generally 1/2 (50%) of the original or current publisher's price. There are no books in the store for less than $1.00. Science fiction, non-fiction, and classics are a minimum of $2.00. Your credit will reflect this (example: Bring in a 95 cent science fiction, get $1.00 credit.) PLEASE KEEP YOUR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES. We have a selection of paper back books for 50 cents each or 3/$1.00 as well as hardbacks for $1.00 (6/$5.00, 15/$10.00) and shelves of free books along the side of the store. These are not returnable. |
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We base our purchase price on knowledge learned from 32 years of experience in the buying habits of our area. It is very subjective and specific to our store and geographic location. Your best dollar value is usually in trading your books for in-store credit. |
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If we cannot use your books you may have us donate them to an organization that can use them such as Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, Neighborhood Center, Church Sales, The Library, etc. Some we put on our "cart" or our free shelf outside. Any money we may make on these cart books is used to defray the cost of sending books to soldiers in the middle east. We also offer wholesale credit on many books. These we sell 3/$1.00 on a non-returnable basis to other booksellers or our own customers. Nothing gets wasted. |
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We must pay in advance for special orders. Please be certain you want what you order. |
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When we hold books off sale at a customer's request, trade credit may not be used. |
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Returned checks will be charged $25.00 - $30.00 depending upon dollar amount as mandated by the Florida State Attorney's Office. This charge covers our bank fee and our bookkeeping fee. |
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Please do not ask to negotiate the price of books. Pricing has been done based on cost to us and availability of the book. Back To Top |
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We thank you for 32 years of your support by giving a portion of our net income to the following local charities:
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Family
Book Shop
1301 N Woodland Boulevard DeLand FL, 32720 Phone
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