Half Price Books

Do not ever sell your books here!!! Very let down. The buy back for textbooks is ridiculous!!! I bought a $ 200 textbook from them then went to sell it back and got $ 1 for it. I am selling somewhere else next time. Never buying from here again.

Alrighty, here we go!
Half Price Books… you are so loved! We frequent a few locations around the Austin area and we all (me and my kiddos) really like this one, a lot. I like it because it is nice and clean and the books are usually neat and everything is tidy. I appreciate that. The staff is always helpful, friendly, and attentive… couldn’t ask for more there, either! My kiddos like it because it is nice and clean (yes, they pay attention to those things and appreciate the cleanliness of places) They love the clearance section (yep, trained them well!). They are typically given a budget when we go in (I have to or I’d go broke) and there are usually lots of books in those 2 sections for them. My daughter heads straight for the children’s clearance and my son, straight for the YA clearance. They always find more than their budget allows, which is a good thing! I also appreciate the fact that I can keep an eye on both kids in each section because of the way they are situated (in an *L* shape and I can stand in the middle or sit in the children’s clearance isle. it’s perfect). Yes, life is all about the small things, sometimes!
So, there you have it. The ONLY reasons why it’s not a 5 star in my book is because of the parking, which, technically, I don’t suppose is their fault… but the lack of tables and table seating inside, is. I wish there were a few tables to sit at. I often find myself needing a table while we are in there. But oh well, Life goes on… although. I would ask that they put the fiction clearance back in the store. it is far too hot outside to be standing in the sun looking at those books. I would have bought more, but forget it. it was too hot and I was dying out there.

Went in the other day to browse a few authors, and actually found some books by one in particular so, I took them up to the front counter. There, I encountered the most sullen, non-​communicative individual I think I’d ever encountered in a retail setting … I get that a store like this attracts the «hipster» mentality — bookstores and coffeeshops seem to be magnets to hipsters, but when a clerk mumbles, makes no eye contact, looks like he just crawled out of bed, and acts like there are several other things he’d rather be doing than earning his check, well — sorry. I can’t abide. I actually blame management for hiring this guy, and then not training him, or accepting his mediocre work ethic.

Half Price Books is always a bit of a craps shoot when it comes to whether or not you find what you want.
Selection, they’ve got it. A lot of mainstream stuff, as well as a decent selection of more esoteric things in good supply here.
I like the staff, never had an outright negative experience.
However, it’s not a full five stars because it seems that their staff, when you do have a question or need help, are nowhere but the register to be found. Or, much like the White Rabbit, they pop past you with single-​minded determination to get back into the room marked «employees only». That being said, every clerk I have encountered, and managed to ask for help, has always been friendly.
It’s a well-​kept store with a large selection. Yes, Amazon delivers; but Half Price Books has class.

While I am now an employee of HalfPriceBooks, my experience with them predates my employment by a number of years
I’ve had great experiences at all HPB locations, and the Cedar Park location is no exception. They have some of the best prices, even over Amazon and rarely more than Chegg. From textbooks to recreational reading, the staff are very patient and accommodating. If they ever don’t have something on their shelves, they will check other area stores as well as the national chain to see if what I need can be ordered. HPB is by far my favorite chain of physical bookstores.

Don’t try to sell anything here. Slow and offer pennies on the dollar. Better off donating to school, church, library or charity!

Great place to buy books!

The place was organized and somewhat cleaned. I found a journal with plastic wrappedaround it and it had a bug in the inside. I brought it to the cashier asking if they had anymore he said no. I asked for a discount because of the bug, the employee said he couldn’t because it was new, and then proceeded to poke a hole in it and scrape the bug out. I then asked to speak to the manager he called her she said to give it half off. I gave them the second star only because the manager marked it down instead of the employee who just said he couldn’t so anything.

Communists. Unless you believe in the liberal agenda dont do business here. I was literally told that my SIGNED copy of Oliver North book Mission Accomplished, «just wouldn’t do well in our store».
Along with other books from Coulter, Limbaugh, Beck and others. Be the LAST time I do business in there.

This place is great for books, music, and other odds & ends. They have a huge selection of new, gently used and collectable items. Their saying is «we buy everything» and they have bought everything I have taken in. I have taken in 3 large bags/​boxes of stuff and walked out with $ 70. This place is worth checking out first before you pay more elsewhere.

I have been going to Half Price books for years now and it is mostly to sell books. I had a lot of books to sell and get out of the apartment I just moved into with me family. The location at 1431 and 183 was closet to me. I headed over there at 11am on a Saturday wich usually is a bad idea because a bunch sellers hit them up first thing but I got lucky. To be brief the store is very clean and new and has a lot of space. The staff was extremely helpful and helped me get everything into to the store. The whole process was extremely easy and was by far the best experience I have had at a Half Price Books.

I came to drop off some books and the employees at this location were really rude. I love half price, but I won’t be returning to this one. The guy in there couldn’t even stop walking long enough to talk to me.

The staff here is awful. They are always very rude and difficult to deal with. I do not suggest trying to sell books to them, as they do not pay you much and are very rude about it. You would have better luck selling on ebay or trying a different location.

This Half Price Books is in the 1890’s mall. They are close to the movie theatre so good luck with parking. I tried them early in the morning before any movies were playing so I got a front door spot.
The store is a decent size. I didn’t wander around too long as I made a beeline for the cook books. The first section had the books sorted by author’s name. Really, do most of you shop for cookbooks by author? I don’t.
Still searching for a Korean and Indian cookbook, I found the next section to be books on cocktails. Next up was Italian cookbooks, following by Mexican. Finally I located a section on Asian cookbooks, FYI they don’t consider Korean cookbooks as Asian.
Now mind you the cookbook section is not that large, so it was increasing frustrating not finding what I want. I was looking on every shelf to find any Korean book at this point. As I dropped to my knees, SURPRISE! Of course, it would be on the bottom shelf.
I made my selection and headed to the cashier. Both books were never used, and the sell price was half of the suggested listed price. Good prices but slim selection. Next time I will go to a real book store.

Another one of our favorite used bookstores, lots of things to do near here, movies, shops… we’ve ate at Amy’s chinese, Carl’s Jr., Spicy Pickle, Tarka’s …

I’m so glad this went in at 1890 Ranch and NOT a Barney-​Noble. While it’s not a tricked out bibliophiles temple like the location on Lamar, it is a great place for manga, comics, notebooks, and genre works. They’ve got a great collection for deco-​book collectors too (you people that just buy hardcovers to put on your shelves, but don’t really read anything… ever).
The buy back prices here are great to!

I like HPB. I enjoy the hunt for a bargain and the staff is really friendly. Again, we were in the area for a party so we stopped by afterward. I was able to find a cd with bilingual music on it for my toddler. What a treat! Also, I found a wooden number puzzle for $ 5 which sells for around $ 8 – 10 in other areas. So, I was pleased. I’d go back again!

I’ve never been a fan of going to a used bookstore because they tend to be jammed packed and smell of dust and mold. This location really surprised me. The store is large, bright, and well laid out. There is a great selection of books, especially children’s books. I can’t believe I have been paying full price for books, children’s books that get damaged as soon as my kids touch them.
If you are a teacher, you get discounts year-​round and they hold teacher appreciation weeks throughout the year.

I love this wonderland of the written word. This place puts me in my pleasure bubble. When I get near this place, I’m giddy. I’m giddy like a child on the last day of school who’s just been let go for the summer.
I can find all sorts of goodies in here… an assortment of cook books, history books, old novels, new novels, how-​to books, how not-​to books, map and travel books, books with pictures of the Beatles (love me do), all kinds of CDs and gratifying gifts. They have LPs and 45s if you still have your old turntable plugged in. They have blank books for journal writing, drawing, or whatever you want to do with them. This place offered me numerous stocking stuffers for friends and family over the winter holidays. Books on their clearance aisle are marked down considerably, sometime as low as $ 1 — $ 3, with some that are almost new. They have some clearance CDs for a dollar.
And yes, it is possible to find books that are older but don’t smell old — you know what I’m talking about, those musty old treasures that smell like they’ve been sitting in your great grandma’s attic collecting dust since WWII. And many of the employees are book lovers who enjoy chatting about them. What’s not to love?
(And this review goes for most of the HPB locations around town).

So happy to have this store close to home. I finally wandered through it last night and had to keep putting myself in budget check. I could spend hours in here paging through various books and slowly walking isle to isle. I am SO glad they don’ t have actual shopping carts or I would really find myself in trouble. I will only buy what I can carry with one hand. That is my personal rule. Great selection and on most days the staff is really nice too