The first
4000 books came from Takoma Books in Maryland, USA. After several weeks of inquiries and still no
good source of second-hand English books, I wrote my friend Frederik who works
for the National Real Estate Library and asked if he had any ideas. His local
bookstore was closing its doors, and he asked Mark Elliot at Takoma Books. Mark packed me up 50 boxes of books as my starter-pack. Since then, they come from you!
Do you buy
books?
Yes. We buy
English books at Csengery u. 48; and
Spanish, French, German and Italian books among others at our Suto u. 2 location. We do not buy at Lazar
u. 16 or at Artosz Izvilag.
Do you have
American books or English books?
For us, all
that matters is that the book is in the English language (Csengery u.,
Lazar
u.). It is more
a question if it is a
book we think that our customers would be interested in.
Trade-in
Policy
We buy a
book on the basis of whether or not we think our customers would be interested
in it. It does not matter if you bought it from us or the competition. Nor does
it matter if you read it once, never, or 100 times. We look at the author,
title, condition, and market. We generally give 250-300 forint (about 1 euro)
for a fiction trade-in, more for non-fiction. We tend to avoid hard-covers
unless it is something special.
Do you sell
DVDs?
Yes we do,
at Csengery u. 48.
What kinds
of books do you sell?
Fiction, romance,
children's books, young adult, crime and mystery, thrillers, classics, poetry, plays,
biographies/autobiographies/memoirs, Eastern European authors in translation, art and architecture, anthropology/sociology,
history, politics/current affairs, religion and philosophy, literary criticism,
literary anthologies, travel guides, travel writing, sci-fi, fantasy, gender
studies, gay-lesbian fiction, sport, cooking, self-help...
What is the
difference between the locations?
If you want
non-fiction, Csengery u. 48 has the broadest selection. Lazar u. 16 has some
non-fiction, but it is mostly various fiction genres and travel guides. Suto u.
2 only has English business, reference, classics, and literary criticism -
everything else is in Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
languages, etc.
Which
location has more books?
Csengery u.
48 has the most books on the shelves and many thousands more in storage. Lazar
u 16. And Suto u. 2 each have another 3000 on the shelves, and Artosz Izvilag
has about 1000.
Do you have
student, teacher or other discounts?
No student
or teacher discounts, but Funzine Card holders get 10% off. Makifood Cooking
School attendees get a 10% discount card for Fair Trade products., and there
are occasional discounts for Merlin Theater ticket holders.
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