Comments on: An Incomplete and Highly Subjective Guide to Dallas Area Bookstores

By: Cissy Schutee

Cissy Schutee — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:02:30 +0000

If you like paperbacker thrillers, mysteries and romance novels there’s a great little resale shop called The Bookmark at Coit and Beltline. If you bring in books that fit their inventory, they’ll give you a credit of half the original price on your “account” toward purchasing books from their stock.
The ladies who run it are sweeties — and they’ve read most of the authors they carry I think — It’s fun to talk books with them!

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:24:48 +0000

I love Paperback Plus!! I remember going there with my dad when I was younger. I was just in there a couple of months ago and loved how hardly any of it had changed. My dad always has some random out of print book on his Christmas/Birthday list so thats where I go to look for it. I love Half Price books on NW and I do love the Barnes and Noble on NW too but I’m really getting tired of the Northpark type of people.

By: Zelda Rose

Zelda Rose — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:11:49 +0000

The B&N at Lincoln Park and the Borders at Uptown are the best new bookstores in town. Half Price Books on Northwest Highway is good if you need to find something out of print. And now, a rant:

Dallas is a wasteland, and the fact there are no independent bookstores just proves the point. People do not read here-unless it’s a best seller, or something to put on their coffee tables. It is an embarrassment that a city this size cannot support either an independent bookstore or a good newsstand.

By: John

John — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:57:46 +0000

Now this may be beyond the scope. But Richardson is home to the BEST technical on-line web-site: http://www.nerdbooks.com

The warehouse is on Firman Drive (between Collins and Campbell just East of Central). The owner has retail hours with the caveat this is a warehouse and the owner’s Labrador Retrievers are present. So if you are canine-phobic please only use their web-site to order and ship titles.

GEEK FACTOR = 10
U2F = 2
EF = 5
DPF = 0

By: billh

billh — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:51:54 +0000

I mean “grand use”, sorry

By: billh

billh — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:48:45 +0000

Seeing that Alabama Theatre Bookstop inspires me, wouldn’t that be a grand sue of the Casa Linda Theater?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:06 +0000

steve Matthews is a god, were is he now. Steve Price too. and Taylor’s and Bookstop Bookstop #1 in Austin were the fondest of memories. I miss Dudley Jankhe.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:56:43 +0000

I was at the B&N at Lincoln Park yesterday morning. It is my favorite,too. I was surprised to find the chairs at the top of the escalators gone. I hope it is only temporary. Upstairs is usually best but travel/cafe area is the place to be when 50 preschoolers start chanting ‘who wants to read books’ over and over and over. Or perhaps at a table outside in 103 degree heat. anywhere except in that children’s section.

By: mm

mm — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:10 +0000

Josh, a slight clarification to “And there’s no rhyme or reason as to how they’re shelved. At all.”

It actually IS pretty well organized, with different buildings devoted to specific genres, and books within those buildings organized fairly well. So don’t be discouraged from going.

I was amazed, when I went, by the fact that he has one entire building filled with old books, like 100 yrs and older and many with hefty price tags, and the nearest employee was across the street and down the block. You won’t find that in Dallas!

My only complaint was the sore neck I got from walking around for hours with my head turned sideways.

By: publicnewssense

publicnewssense — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:18:44 +0000

LM, that was a lament, not a statement regarding Mystery Book store. Our household wept when it closed.
Same thing for Maxwell’s Books in DeSoto.