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    Bookends

    3.3 (12 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Masumi T.

    The store can easily be found by following the huge bowling sign into the plaza. I've driven past this area many times but never noticed Bookends before. I came looking for Alice in Wonderland and was not disappointed. When you first walk in, it's overwhelming with tight aisles and shelves full of books floor to ceiling ... with even more books on the floor. The owner sits by the door is friendly and helpful. He directed me to the section I need to be in. I was excited to find an annotated copy. I kept browsing to see what else there is and he also brought over a two other copies he had which I was grateful for. Prices were good and it was fun searching around for hidden treasures.

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    9 years ago

    I rather pay $2.50-$4.00 a book rater than $20.00. The books are in very good condition. You can donate your books. Very close to home

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    10 years ago

    Mediocre selection. Try Ricks Recycled Books or Greenwood first. Certainly not worth going out of your way for.

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    Greenwood Books

    Greenwood Books

    4.7(11 reviews)
    4.8 miEast End, Center City

    Four stars for the selection, but honestly I'd rate it much lower for the smell. As others have…read morementioned, this bookstore smells like smoke, and of course old books since this is a used bookstore. As someone with severe asthma, I just couldn't stay in this store for very long. Just not my cup of tea, but might be yours. They had a very large selection of a wide range of used books, and it was very well organized and pretty tidy compared to other used bookstores. This was one of my stops on the Rochester Book Crawl, so I might not have otherwise explored this shop. The bookseller was very nice and helpful.

    Greenwood Books is a great local bookstore, one of the best independent ones in town (if not the…read morebest). They sell really quality literature on a variety of topics, especially music (fitting, given the nearby Eastman School of Music), and also including religion, fiction, technology and more. There's definitely a theme of rare, old, obscure and intriguing books on all subjects - the main running theme seems to be whatever is genuinely interesting, by any definition. Also, although there's no seating, I do appreciate that the place is not overly stuffed to the brim with books and doesn't feel overwhelming, but rather, pleasantly full of options to peruse and explore. The owner is always very nice; I (at least) once had a great conversation with her. I haven't bought a lot here, but I once purchased a beautiful book of Saul Steinberg's artwork for a relatively good price. It's well worth browsing the shelves here, maybe preceded or followed by a visit to Java's Café on Gibbs. Buy something if you can, and support a local treasure!

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    Rochester Textbook - Storefront on West Henrietta Rd.

    Rochester Textbook

    1.9(8 reviews)
    2.6 mi

    I started MCC a few years ago, and like most had a bookstore credit to buy my 700$ book totals that…read moreI didn't care about at all. so a few years later I started school back in January and decided to purchase my textbooks through a local place and I'm glad I did. spending my own money out of pocket almost makes you cringe when you see the prices of textbooks. I know some people say to just use the libraries books but I'm the type of person who likes to study at school/work/long car rides... so it's not ideal for me to just use the textbook at the library lol. so anyways this place is very helpful and knowledgable with titles, and courses and has always given me a good deal and hope to continue the positive prices for me! just this week I had asked about my Bio 142/143 book that I bought back in June for my summer course and it started falling apart (stables and tape could barely fix it) and he just gave me a new copy of it. although it's the last time they are offering this course and the books couldn't be sold again, I still appreciated the nice gesture. I like to this I'm a good customer so this makes me happy, I've never sold to them, however I'm sure they are great with that

    Fire hazard books piled everywhere Given $1 per book that…read morethey accepted If you want to get rid of college novels and textbooks it's fine but don't expect any money for most of them

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