C Simpson Used Book Shop — Local services in Chestnuthill Township

I love this book store. There are thousands of books there. The owner does so much for the community as well. She even helps local writers by having new local authors sell their books in her store. When PVE had a reading fair at the school she donated chapter books for the children to pick out the books they wanted. She posted on her Facebook page during girl scouts cookie season that any troop could put their cookie booth in front of her store. There was one time that I was in her store and there was a child that was paying for books with their own money and didn't have quite enough money to get the books that they wanted and she took what they had and told the child not to worry about the rest. When PV had their summer reading program she reduced the price for the books on the list so the kids and their families could afford to get the needed books. Her books are very cheap, only $3.25. Throughout the year she has $1 book sales. I can't say enough about this book store. Check out her Facebook page for updates and new books that...

I love this bookstore. It’s tucked away in a small plaza and for a while I didn’t even know it was there, even though I had passed by it for over a year. As soon as I found it, I made sure to shop there quite a few times very quickly . One of the times they had an insane sale and the books were so cheap that I fed my obsession a little too hard, but there are much worse things to be addicted to than books! Check...

There is certainly a lot of books here. Mostly paperbacks. But there are some hardbacks too. It seems that most stores like this have a good selection of fiction, because that's what sells. However there is something here for everyone. It's a nice little store in the historic area of town. We have to keep these stores alive so we can have real books and not these...