Half Price Books Outlet — Local services in Olympia

the books are in general departments but, not in any special order. they are on tables and you look through said tables. I love it. I've gotten brand new, never read books, for as little as $1. it's kinda like a treasure hunt. I go about once a week and come away with at least 10 books, each time. spending, often, less than $25. with the books costing so little, I can try writers I haven't read before. they don't purchase books at the outlet so, when I get to the point where I have too many books, I'll go to the Tacoma store and sell them. if you like books, and like to read, go to the Half Price Books Outlet. you won't be sorry. oh, and comic books for 25 cents. perhaps once a month, they have a "fill a bag with anything in the store for $30. I've come away with more than 30...

I've been here three times over the last few years to kill some time in Olympia. I think someone mentioned to me that this is a HPB that is cheaper than the smaller HPBs or something but I wouldn't say it is dirt cheap. The books I've bought here (spent $200+ in three visits) were normally $3 to $5. Unfortunately, each time I've been here I've forgotten my teacher discount card but they give me the 10% discount anyway. I only really look for books regarding the following topics: science, pets, nature memoirs, nature guides, birding, gardening, vegan cookbooks, crafting, sewing, carpentry, knitting, and other domestic arts. The selection of books of those topics are decent. Many of the pet-related books are older but relatively classic (like authors Ken Foster,...

I love the selection and prices offered here! The only reason I give it 4 out of 5 is that we were never offered any customer service assistance whatsoever even though we were clearly a bit lost in the store at one point. We had gone there to look for a couple specific books and came out without anything as we couldn't really find anything. Although the store has different section for the books (organized by subject matter), it'd be much better organized if it was taken to like an actual book store. Yes, topic based organizing is helpful, but once you get to that topic, some sub organizing groups would be massively appreciated. I mean by subject the author would be WORLDS better than where it currently sits.

An interesting place, but in desperate need of...