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    Half Price Books Outlet

    3.6 (23 reviews)
    InexpensiveBookstores
    Open 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Josh B.

    I love this store! Honestly, I don't think I saw a book over the price of $5. Don't quote me on that, but they have comics for 25 cents and most of the books are about $3. They had a huge wall of DVDs, so you know where I was at. All good titles, most very recent titles too for between $2-3. I'm not sure if this location has the buy back program like many of the HPB stores have. It is very plainly set up with tables of different mixtures of books and is easy to navigate. There weren't any lines and 3 employees readily manning the registers. Probably once everyone notices HPB has come to Olympia, it will get super busy and the cashiers won't know what to do with themselves. Definitely check this place out! And if you've been to HPB elsewhere, yaaaaaay we finally have one in Olympia!

    A box of cat mysteries for $20.
    Tim C.

    OH EM GEEZ THIS PLACE IS THE MOTHERLODE. You can easily spend an afternoon -- heck, maybe a day -- here poring over the shelves, so don't show up just before closing time like I did the first time. Sure, it's not particularly well-organized, but that just adds to the thrill of the hunt. Nothing is over $3 as far as I can tell, and they have plenty of books you'd probably want to buy, as well as $1 CDs and DVDs. The travel and fiction sections are particularly good. The employees are friendly. They don't buy back books -- for that you'll have to go to one of the other Half Price Books stores in the area. If you love used bookstores, you'll want to go here. Now.

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    I really wish this place had a better selection of books. The one in Lakewood is 10 times better. Service was a ok.

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    One of my favorite places on the planet. They have great variety! Workers are also very friendly.

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    Despite the "Outlet" qualifier this is still a decent sized branch of Half Price Books. Low prices, plenty of DVDs.

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