Whitney Book Corner

Great Prices, Friendly Workers, and a Wide Variety to choose from, does it get much better?

Cute little store for used books. Great price. The day I went in there was a very nice couples running the store. Good selection of books from the library and some from the donation. Worth checking out when you are in the area or when you want to hold a good book in your hand.
In the age of Kindle and electronic books, I hope this store survives.

This is the used bookstore of the Schenectady County Public Library, run by the Friends of the Library, at the corner of Union and Clinton in downtown Schenectady, just down the block from the library and near city hall.
Their stock features both discontinued titles from the library, and more commonly, donations from the public at large. As such, it tends to typically be older used books, although best sellers from 5 – 10 years ago are in plentiful supply. They also have some books on CD, too many VHS tapes, and a few other odds and ends from the library donation pile.
As a used bookstore, what sets the Whitney apart is it’s quite well organized and kept up, with everything clearly labeled. There’s a few chairs to sit down in, and in general it’s a pretty lowkey vibe. The prices are phenomenally good (see photo I took in the photos section here, which lists the prices), basically library booksale prices, not used-​store prices, and the stock in general is in very good condition.
The place does smell a little bit like your Great Aunt Matilda’s living room, but I’ve been in bookstores far mustier and dingier.
The staff are all volunteers, so be nice to them, and as a rule they seem quite friendly and helpful, although they tend not to know the stock very well, since the volunteers rotate a lot and so does the stock.