Crown Books

Ok, first off, this is Crown Books. Second, this is an overstock/​relocation/​liquidation sale. Third, WHY WOULD YOU BE COMPLAINING?!
Generally, I don’t frequent book stores because they’re overpriced for paper with text wrapped in a fancy schmancy cover that you forget about; and I’m slightly terrified of creased books. That’s right, creased books… it gives me the heebie jeebies.
Anyway, they’re desperately selling whatever is left in this shop (which is a lot, they’re always filling up the bookselves)! $ 1 for all paperback books (comics, self-​help, brand new, pre-​owned, etc.) and $ 2 for all hardcover books (cookbooks, reference books, etc). They’re also selling weird leftover Halloween decorations, movie posters, and Scarlett Johansson cut outs for all your nerdy fantasies (these are discounted too).
I don’t expect much coming into Crown Books, not newly published books, nor dictionaries that are updated with text lingo, but every time I come out of the store, I’m $ 11 short. I go nuts over the cookbooks and comics, it’s just so cheap and in great condition. Employees here are absolutely helpful as can be and everything is nicely stocked.
SO, 5 stars for great $ 1 and $ 2 goods that can fill your bookshelves in no time. I don’t know how long this store will be open or if they really are relocating, but it doesn’t hurt to check it out. Happy readings :)

This place is wonderful if you’re trying to find an old book at a lower price. Their selection is quite limited. I found myself walking through the aisles looking at books I’d never heard of. They have 2013 calendars for $ 5, so I picked one up for myself. Overall I would concur that the best way to describe this place is to say that it’s like the Goodwill of bookstores.

I went in there twice since this former Borders reopened as a Crown. It’s really just a shell of its former self – no more coffeeshop, no restrooms, no magazines (at least I didn’t see any)
There’s just not that much in here. No new books, mostly older/​out-​of-​print titles that you can probably get from Amazon, or Better World Books…
If you are looking for kids stuff there are a few children’s books, and a decent selection of wooden puzzles/​toys. But other than that, don’t bother.

This place is just sad. The Borders that was here was actually quite nice with a great selection. This Crown Books, while being a liquidation place, just plain out sucks. It doesn’t seem like any new books are coming in and, as for the current selection, well, they have a Small Soldiers coloring book there. I’ll give you a moment to go through the dark corners of your memory or Wikipedia.
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You’re back? Okay, continuing on… Like I mentioned, it’s sad to see that a really nice mall and a formerly good store is now a crappy ghost town of a store. The only positive aspects are that the employees seem not to be rejects from the worst Wal-​Mart in existence like you would imagine so and the store’s fairly clean and organized. It’s probably due to no one giving a shit.
To summarize, if this Crown Books was at a crappier mall, it would still be one of the crappiest stores there. But because it’s at a nice mall (and this coming from someone who dislikes malls), it’s the equivalent of seeing a pretty supermodel who’s bulimic ass forgot to wipe all of the vomit off her face.