No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic. -Ann Landers
Locations:
Recycle Bookstore
1066 The Alameda
San Jose CA 95192
(408) 286-6275
Store Hours:
M - Th 11 - 9
F - Sat 11 - 7
Sun Noon - 7
Buying hours:
M - Sat 11 - 5
Recycle Bookstore West
275 E. Campbell Ave
Campbell CA 95008
(408) 370-3514
Store Hours:
M - Sat 11 - 9
Sun 10 - 5 (Farmer's Market)
Buying hours:
Tues - Sat 11 - 5
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Recycle Bookstore
Selling Books
When can I bring my books?
You may bring us books to sell or trade 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday in San Jose and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday in Campbell.
What is the process?
The process is fairly simple. You bring us your books. We look through them and choose which ones we think we can use and give you a cash and a trade amount for the books we do take. Sometimes we take no books, sometimes we take them all... usually it is somewhere between.
What will you offer for my books?
If you are looking for trade, it usually works out to be a three to one swap for similar valued books. If you are looking for cash, we pay from 20 to 25 percent of what we would sell the book for. Sometimes we will pay more for a book that is more expensive or collectible in some way. If you have any questions about how we buy books and what we pay for them, please ask us.
What types of books are we looking for?
That is a hard question to answer because it usually comes down to whether or not we think an individual book will sell. We can't say fiction is good to bring in because some authors sell and some don't. But there are some books we do not take.
Books we will not take:
- TEXTBOOKS
- COMPUTER BOOKS
- ENCYCLOPEDIA SETS
- READER'S DIGEST BOOKS
- MAGAZINES
- HARDBACK POPULAR FICTION (unless it is a current title)
We do take some romances but they have to be somewhat current and we usually only give trade for romances. There are other sections where current titles are better than older titles: business and self-help.