Half Price Books

It’s a little smaller than most HPBs, but despite the size we always come home with a treasure or two!
They have a great selection of kids books, teen books, cookbooks, and fiction. You can easily find your wY around the store and unlike the flagship Dallas store on NW Hey, the sheer volume of stuff to look through is not overwhelming.
We love selling books here because there is rarely a wait of more than 10 – 15 minutes to get your offer.
We also appreciate the staff’s willingness to donate excess stock to our Little Free Library project.

Love Love Love half price books!!! This location is awesome! Very friendly staff, they always know how to point me in the right direction! I always leave hpb with at least 2 – 4 books and prices are very reasonable. Im a fan of the older books, and i almost always find what im looking for

Good selection and staff is very friendly and helpful. They searched till they found everything I needed. Good selection for kids too and very clean and organized. Staff actually walking around checking on you was very nice instead of the usual find it your self mentality!

I love Half Priced Books long before I stepped into this one, but… This one is by far the best. They sale and buy used books, movies, cds, magazines, comics, and computer programs. They also have sales and discounts going all the time.
This specific one gets a 5 in my book. I had asked about a book being in stock and after the girl looked it up, we proceeded to go around the store picking up lots of great books that really were right up my alley to read. She was so helpful and friendly. I have to say this is the best hpb service I have ever received.

I love Half Price books, some people need the smell of a new book, not this gal, the older the better. I can’t walk out of here without buying something. It’s also pretty cool that they have movies, records, and a great children’s section which is pretty standard for HPB but I thought I should mention it. This location is clean, the staff is friendly and I enjoy browsing the selection they have. My only complaint is that my mother in law brought 6 boxes full of pretty decent books and was only given about $ 12 for all of it, I know you are never going to get the price you paid or even close to the piece you paid but come on, that many books for that little, they were easily worth a couple hundred. Oh well, no hard feelings especially since I wasn’t selling them, just felt bad for my Mil.

Went in today to look for a book I’ve been meaning to buy for a friend as a late Christmas present. I asked both of the ladies working there for help finding the specific book I was looking for, and both of them treated me like I was a bother for asking. I’d rather go somewhere else with a more polite staff and better customer service, i probably won’t be back to this HPB location.

I’m a pretty big fan of hpb, but this location was my least favorite. I’ve visted Irving, Plano, Lewisville and Frisco.
The magazine area was messy. The clearance section was smaller than other locations. The store seemed rather small. There weren’t as many displays as other locations.
Nonetheless, its hpb! I walked out with 2 books. I will always have a big place in my heart for all hpb!

Sitting in this half priced books right now selling back books. My mistake was coming on a weekend. They told us 40 – 45 min wait, it’s now been an hour and 20 minutes and we’re still waiting. Also, you’re not allowed to leave the store and come back once they’re ready to tell you a price, you have to wait around in the store. Next time I’ll come on a weekday when they’re not so busy.

I was excited to get a ½-​Price Books in Garland and have been to it 4 or 5 times since it opened. Each time I have been met with a different pretentious, unhelpful, surly employee who gives me incorrect information. I have been shopping at ½-​Price Books for years and still usually find what I needed at a½-​Price Books outside of Garland.

The name of this place pretty much sums it up. :) This one is more organized than the one in Lewisville and Mesquite.

Books, books, and more books. This is a great place to sell back books you’ll never need again, or buy some cheap books that you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on.
Be warned: they give you close to nothing when you sell back your book.

My favorite Half Price books is the biggie off of Northwest Highway, but this little «satellite» store is more convenient for me and it works in a pinch. It’s definitely much smaller than the one on Northwest Highway. We often visit for the children’s books (I have a 2-​year-​old) and they have a pretty good (though small) selection of books.

I love HPB, especially for a great selection of cookbooks at really good prices. The books are treated with loving care and most are in good enough condition to give as gifts. And, I love the smell. There’s just something so comfortable about old books in their little nooks and crannies. Now, if only they served a good cup of Joe… :)

I’m so glad I finally have a branch of Half Price Books of my own. As far as HPB goes, its pretty much as expected. A good selection of books and movies at a decent price. Not to mention, we found a couple of games for our still in use Super NES. Natch! I don’t necessarily find everything there but, regardless of what I went in for, I usually end up walking out with one or two surprises that I stumbled upon. And parents or, in my case aunts and uncles, this is a must stop for last minute bday presents for kids. Wonderful selection of really nice books without the ridiculous pricing you’d get if you bought it brand new.
I also appreciate that, even though its suburban, it still offers a gay and lesbian section. It’s only about 2 or 3 shelves worth, but it’s still more than you get at the Barnes and Noble at the mall across the highway.
As for service, I’ve never exchanged books but the people at checkout are pretty friendly and like talking to you about your purchases which lets me know they actually care about their product.

I’d say for the Garland neighborhood and the visibility it has at its location, this is a great addition to our area. BUT there’s a nice little bookstore at the square in Garland that’s nice too. Don’t remember the name.
Also, compared to other Half-​price books stores it’s not as pleasant. For me at least, when I came to it within the first month it had opened, it seemed too cookie cutter and less like a beloved used bookstore. I mean the one in richardson and a couple in dallas are like refurbished buildings.
But that’s an aesthetic matter. I can still find pretty good deals on books and while it’s not as great as a couple of others around Dallas, it’s a convenient location. Gone are the days where I have to drive twenty minutes to get my used books fix!

This was my first trip to HPB. I have to say, I’m happy I made the trip. This store is huge! I walked in shortly after they opened. My reason for this trip was to sell some books I had no use for. When I entered the store, I immediately noticed a large sign hanging from the ceiling which read «Sell Books Here». Great, I was pleased at how smooth my trip was going. A friendly female employee greeted me and thoroughly explained the process to me. I decided to browse around while she was creating her offer. She paged me back within 10 minutes. I was a little disappointed that my offer was only for $ 30.00 for about 15 excellent condition books. But I accepted, as I needed the quick cash.
This HPB was very organized and clean. There is plenty of room between every isle and category signs are well displayed. I passed several employees stocking, or organizing and each one greeted me and offered their assistance if needed.
I was looking for anything by Jen Lancaster, but the last copy had recently been purchased. So I cashed in my receipt and left. This is one of the most pleasant shopping experiences I have ever had and I plan on returning.

Once upon a time, a girl grew up in Dallas and was obsessed with HPB. She spent way too much time and money in the various locations around the metroplex. When she moved to NYC, she went through serious withdrawals. Where would she find old books on clearance for $ 1? How would she feed her travel book addiction? Her friends told her to go to The Strand, but it just wasn’t the same.
When the girl moved back to Dallas, she was happy to find a new HPB close to her hometown Wylie. Although it’s not as big and fancy and the other HPB on NWHighway, it will do for those quick trips to the bookstore.

As much as I love Half-​Price books, it’s still the sad back up to my beloved Book Tree. Damn you LA Fitness construction!
If you’ve been in Dallas longer than two minutes, I’m sure you get the concept of HPB. Buy new books for cheap (the leftovers the big boys couldn’t sell), buy used books for even cheaper. They also carry a pretty decent collection of musics and DVDs. If you have magazines, books, CDs, or DVDs taking up space, bring them in and get some cash.

This opened up in early spring I believe, right near the Best Buy and Home Depot. Was it the Lowe’s that got voted out here? I forget…
Anywho, sis and I came by to drop off 2 whopping sacks of old testbooks/​textbooks/​magazines. They recycled probably about 20 pounds worth of old Newsweeks and Business Weeklies that my dad had somehow got me subscribed to, but that I had obviously never cracked open. In case you’re thinking of throwing out papers or magazines or that certain stash, don’t! Half-​Price is really good about recycling all of that and they do it for free [though they won’t be giving you money for it either]. I am totally considering getting one of their 98 cent Eco Bags, the reusable kinds that are typically way more expensive. They’re green too, so props for someone being witty in that regard ;p
Our soft-​spoken cashier at the Sell Your Books Here area to the side of the store gave me a receipt for $ 15 cash back in my name for the books we had brought by. She tallied up the total worth of the un-​merchandise as soon as I hefted the bags onto her counter, and in the meantime I was told I would have time to look around, and to just listen for a name call.
I love their prices here. I found four or five cookbooks in their nicely stocked Cooking section, and settled on one for today, though I could easily have cashed out for the others. Sis found a biographical novel she has been looking for, and of course HPB sells at half the publisher’s price. This could totally become a summer hotspot for me, and my dorm room for next year might yet get stocked with cookbooks on the shelves from top to bottom.
Ok guys, I couldn’t resist… but, if you haven’t been to the nearest and newest Half-​Price store near the Firewheel area, you better book it over there! =\]