Half Price Books Outlet

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

Other than they don’t get enough paranormal romance books I love this place. I go every Tuesday (paperbacks r only $.25) I get my granddaughters vhs tapes (Disney) also only $.25. Their prices r great on other days too.

Perfect place to go if you are looking for something new to read. Staff is always super helpful and will weed through shelves with you if you are looking for something in particular. They have lots of sales throughout the year so make sure you get on the email list. Oh and they even have a discount program for educators! Cheap way to build your classroom library.

HALF PRICED BOOK OUTLET! I am so very grateful this came to Olympia. This isn’t the place to go if your looking for one book, and would like to run in grab it and run out. Try Barnes and Nobles or the regular Half Price Books up north. But if you have some time to spare, and crave the fun of searching through boxes and boxes of books… here’s the place you want! These are the books that all the other Half Price Books decided they didn’t want, they had to many of. So they boxed them up and send them to the Outlet, where they are clearance priced.
I highly recommend a stop here for any book lovers, because you’ll never know what you’ll find.

This Half Price Books is an outlet version of a regular store. That means that they don’t have quite the diverse collection that you come to expect to see at regular Half Price Books. The general concept on good prices remain but significant sections of books and DVD’s are seriously reduced in selection at this location or not there at all and that is very disappointing because I love the regular Half Price Book stores. But the reason that draws me to the chain is because of the selection and then the prices. So this place came off as a bit of adisappointment since it is set up factory outlet style just to give you a «sample» of their regular stores.

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.

I love the Half Price Books in Seattle, and I grew up going there a lot! The huge sprawling store reminded me of a discount Powell’s, kinda.
The pros:
Its cheap! Super cheap. Like $ 3 a book cheap. And if you like randomness, they have a truly random selection. They have a lot of kids picture books, which is great for my niece. I found some very entertaining books on food and food culture, and ate up (haha) my first one in a day!
The cons:
This Half Price Books is tiny, completely disorganized, has a lot of really REALLY old books (as in, really? why are you trying to sell this), and no couches or places to sit to peruse (neither does the Seattle store). I didn’t realize that one of the books I bought reeked of cigarette smoke until I got it home.

Watch out Barnes and Noble! This place is giving you a run for its money. Half Price Books just opened a few weeks ago here in Olympia, which was a smart choice on their part because bookworms are going to save so much out of their pockets.
This location is an outlet location and it literally has every kind of book you can think of. They have tables full of fiction and nonfiction titles for $ 3. Most books, paperback AND hardback, are from $ 1 – 3. They bundle up series of books and sell them anywhere from $ 5 – 10. Considering how pricey just one book can be from a set, its such a great deal! They also feature music, movies, video games, and you can put your name down on a ‘wish list’ where if they get the book in, they’ll call you! They also have ‘mystery goody bags’ which cost $ 2 and include a mystery book and a small item. Most of what they have is used but the condition of what I bought is stellar, and most of the books honestly look like they’ve never been read out of (like new). The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming, and answered any questions I had.
These are what I purchased: Jon Stewarts ‘Earth’ for $ 3 (retail: $ 27.99), Dragon Rider $ 3 (retail: $ 12.95), Inkspell $ 2 (retail: $ 5.99), The Golden Compass $ 1 (retail $ 7.99), and A Wrinkle in Time in a $ 2 ‘mystery bag’ (retail: $ 6.50) which also came with an adorable owl bookmark. I also bought a cat bookmark and a pair of Hello Kitty headphones at $ 3.
The final price for all of this wonderful stuff with a mystery bag? $ 15.50. Yes folks, $ 15.50. For everything. What a steal. I was shocked when the cashier rung up everything I had put in front of her.
Book lovers, if you’re looking for a great new book, recently published or not, this is the place to go. Don’t pay ridiculous Barnes & Noble prices when you can shop here for your own collection and get more for your money!

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!