Bounty Books

Great place to buy books! Staff is friendly and the prices are great! Haven’t been disappointed yet!

I thought this place was pretty awesome, prices reasonable, not too crowded, and best of all they do trade ins.
I brought some books In a few months ago to trade in and asked that if they did not want all/​some of then to call me because I would like them back. I never received a call and when I called them they said that they would call me back. I finally went into the store to find out that they had donated my books. If would be nice if they wow follow some sort of guidelines when doing trade ins. A phone call before donating unwanted books could have resulted in a happy customer, and I really liked this place…

I love this little book store! New and used books, and you can donate your old books for some store credit. If I remember right, you get half the cover price, and you can use it towards half your purchase. Every couple years I give them a few boxes of books. I like the idea of my books helping out a small business, instead of going to Goodwill. Great variety, and they usually know when new books are coming out, too. Prices are totally reasonable, too.

This is a great bookstore. It’s located on the end of a little strip mall but don’t let the small front fool you! The owner has thousands of books for you to peruse and debate how much money you actually want to spend!
BB works with local reading groups and has books on hand for at least six different groups PLUS additional books for high school students who wish to purchase personal copies of books in their academic curriculum.
There is a nice children’s section but I prefer the audio books (CD) and the literary classic section. Everything is alphabetized and easy to find.
BB also accepts books for donation and gives an individual credit kept on file ($$$) behind the counter. If you have a credit you are allowed to put up to half of your credit to a purchase at one time.
I emailed to check on the status of two books I needed for a class I am taking. One book was in stock but the other could be ordered and in stock in two days.
The service is fast and friendly and BB is a great way to kill some time and spend some money!

This is a nice used book store. They have a good selection within the genres and they have almost all genres. I wish they had better hours, closing at 5 makes it very difficult to actually go and buy things.

Service: There’s usually only one person working, sometimes two, so service is pretty slow. The usual workers are nice, little old ladies so it’s not like they’re going to be super energized and jumping from shelf to shelf.
Organization: There’s not really an organization to this store. Used books are usually together and in the front area, the new books and what is more popular with teens are in the back. You kinda have to dig if you want something specific and «not popular.» What’s nice is that if they can’t find the book you want, they’ll order it for you to pick up later on! :)
Buy local: I started going here when I took my AP/​XL english classes that required readings that weren’t in the textbook. Bounty Books gets the order forms from the teachers and bulk orders the books we need (Like: Fahrenheit 451, Shakespeare, etc.). I really do want there to be a lot of activity/​customers to be sent here. It honestly is a cute bookstore owned by a local woman trying to spread her love of books. The prices are very competitive and fair.
Location: It’s not in the nicest part of town, but it adds character to the store.

Ahh, there’s nothing like the smell and feel of an ACTUAL book. Our local Borders closed as a result of the e-​book revolution, but I’m not sure I miss it all that much. Small, family-​owned book stores are hard to come by anymore, and offer a completely different experience than franchises.
For such a small store, they have great variety. Since their items are both new and used, customers with any price range will be satisfied. Bounty Books coordinates with local high school and middle school curriculum and sells those particular books at a discounted price. I’ve knocked off one star because sometimes the staff isn’t particularly friendly.

Nice little book store with a big selection.

I have been going to this book store for years. I read about 4 or 5 books a week so I am in there quite frequently. The staff is always helpful if I am looking for a new recommendation and if I am looking for something specific they will bend over backwards to find it. The prices on used books are reasonable and they are in a great location. Darlene the owner is fabulous she seems to know every book in the store. It’s something you can’t get at any of the franchise bookstores as often their clerks are not readers at all and just view it as a job. Everyone in Bounty Books shares my passion for reading and it really makes for a better book shopping experience.

I definitely love and recommend this place! It’s a book lover’s paradise. They also have certain deals and trading policies that are very nice. The employees were verity nice and helpful. They seemed to know about all book genres. And were also able to suggest other authors.

I was really excited to learn that there was a used bookstore near Fairfield. I’m not familiar with Vacaville, but it was really easy to access the store.
They have a ton of books, and the cashiers were friendly and knowledgeable. They have a yellow card that keeps track of your purchases (after 100 dollars spent, you get 10 bucks off your next purchase). They also have a wish list you can sign up on. If they don’t have what you are looking for, you sign up on the list with the books you want, and if they come into the store (via trade or whatever), you have first pick. AWESOME!
After going to Half-​Priced books in Berkeley and Concord, I have become a little spoiled, but this place was pretty nice. The prices aren’t to die for, but they are pretty reasonable. Used books are cheap, new books are 10% off the list price.
I’ll be back again soon!