Book-buying
Books to satisfy even the most devoted reader
can be found in Eugene’s used book stores
By DAWN GARCIA
Ol the Emerald
Webster’s dictionaries cost
40 cents, and you can take The
llliad and The Odyssey by
Homer home for 30 cents.
Everything from Shakespeare
to X-Men comic books appear
on the shelves of Eugene’s used
book stores.
Selection and price varies
from store to store, and some
also trade and buy books, ser
vices profitable to the student
interested in alternative book
buying.
A quick rundown of used
bookstores in Eugene.
• Smith Family Bookstore,
located just off campus at 768 E.
13th Ave., is one of the more
popular used bookstores in the
campus area.
Featuring used books of all
types, shapes, sizes and prices,
Smith’s also carries a variety of
used magazines, posters and
comic books. The store does
not trade, however.
Claims that the store’s prices
for buy-backs are competitive
with the University Bookstore
are substantiated by the large
number of people roaming the
aisles of Smith’s. The actual
buy-back price is based on
figures from a dealer’s guide, so
prices fluctuate with supply and
demand.
• Book Fair is located farther
from campus at 1409 Oak St.,
and caters to a slightly different
crowd. Trading, a major focus of
the Book Fair’s business, allows
them to carry a larger selections
of books, according to the
management.
Buy-backs depend upon the
demand of the book, but the
average is about 20 to 25 per
cent of the original price. Varie
ty is the strength of this store,
and the lack of textbooks is off
set by its supply of used
records, art prints and comic
books.
• J. Michaels, found at I0I W.
Seventh Ave., advertises “sin
Photo by Doug Fick
Everything from classics to comics are offered in local used book
stores.
gle volumes to entire libraries
purchased," in the yellow
pages.
Besides buying back used
books, J. Michaels also offers a
large selection of used books,
though few textbooks
Specializing in art, architecture,
photography, Western Amer
icana and literature, the store
does offer a few texts in those
areas.
The buy-back averages about
20 to 30 percent of the original
price, with increased value in
trade.
• Western Exchange, working
mostly in paperback trading, is
located in the outskirts of
Eugene at 225 River Road.
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backs, Western Exchange may
be an even more useful store
now that new paperback prices
often are comparable to hard
back prices at times.
The store sells books at one
half the publisher’s price and
trades at one-fourth the pub
lisher’s price in credit.
• The Fantasy Shop, now
relocated to 770 E. 13th Ave. and
next to Smith’s, is indeed a fan
tasy for comic book and
magazine fans.
Although The Fantasy Shop
does carry a few posters and
records, out-of-print comics
stacked high on the walls are
the store’s specialty.
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