Half Price Books — Local services in Austin

Oh man, where to start. It's decent and I'm grateful that it's there BUT that isn't saying it's without it's faults. As with most HPB locations, it's cozy & inviting, clean, the staff is super friendly and helpful & they do a heck-of-a-job with organizing their DVD/Blue-ray section! I think they should be very proud of the last 2.

Now this isn't quite typical for them but yesterday I wanted to pull my hair out looking for my newest book-affair. To reiterate this usually isn't an issue but the organization was "embarrassing" as it relates to alphabetization. I was so lost & confused -why is the author w/ a last name D squished between one w/ an L and one w/ an S? Why does the mathematics textbook section abrupt the general mathematics books? It was this way in enough sections to rule-out poor re-shelving from patrons.

Frustrated, I turned to a near-by staffer to inquire: he was sweet to the point making me feel predatory as I coaxed admission of their faulty organization. ~"If the sub-section only occupies a single shelf then it isn't alphabetized. Look to the shelf bar-code to figure out if that's what's happening". Understandable...

Great place to shop at to find reasonable-priced books. I have been buying at Half Priced Books since the early 70s. You never know what out of print books you will find. One thing I don't like is that they have stopped breaking up history books into specific time periods like they used to. For instance, I like to look for books on the Old West and Half Price used to put these books in a specific area in the American History section. Now, they're all mixed up with the rest of the books on American History. This wastes alot of my time and sometimes I get frustrated and leave. I have pointed out this problem to different employees, but the issue still persists. I'm not sure if this is happening in other subject-matters sections in the store. Overall, I still...

A bit of a niche review, but this particular Half Priced Books has been the source of a well beloved antique(ish) library

My wife and I collect antique (1950 and earlier) books, and we would drop in about once a week or two. I'd always swing through the clearance section and find 3-5 new books, usually under $5 each. They had a pretty great antique section too with all sorts of options and prices.

At the time of our move, we had around 400+ books, but with the stores we have around where we're at now, I wish I had stoppe in more (picture is about half the collection before being boxed up...