# Used bookstore > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Used_bookstore > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Used_bookstore.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Used_bookstore > Source revision: 1337961115 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Shop selling previously-owned books A store of used books in Madrid A second-hand book store in the United States. **Used bookstores** (usually called **second-hand bookshops** in Great Britain[1]) buy and sell [used books](/source/Used_book) and [out-of-print books](/source/Out-of-print_book). A range of titles is available in used bookstores, including in print and out-of-print books. Book collectors tend to frequent used book stores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too. Individuals wishing to sell their used books using online bookstores agree to terms outlined by the bookstore(s): for example, paying the online bookstore(s) a predetermined commission once the books have sold. McKAY's used bookstore in [Chattanooga, Tennessee](/source/Chattanooga%2C_Tennessee) Used bookstores can range in size offering from several hundred to several hundred thousands of titles. They may be [brick-and-mortar stores](/source/Brick_and_mortar_store), [internet-only stores](/source/Online_shopping), or a combination of both. A [book town](/source/Book_town) is a locale where numerous bookstores are located and serve as the town's main attraction to [tourists](/source/Tourist). The third-largest bookstore chain in the United States, [Half Price Books](/source/Half_Price_Books), primarily sells and buys used books along with new titles.[2] ## See also Look up ***[used bookstore](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/used_bookstore)*** in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. - [Antiquarian book trade in the United States](/source/Antiquarian_book_trade_in_the_United_States) - [Bookstore tourism](/source/Bookstore_tourism) - [List of used book conditions](/source/List_of_used_book_conditions) - [*Parnassus on Wheels*](/source/Parnassus_on_Wheels) – 1917 book by Christopher Morley - [*The Haunted Bookshop*](/source/The_Haunted_Bookshop) – 1919 book by Christopher Morley - [Religious bookstore](/source/Religious_bookstore) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Chiarpei, Clara (7 December 2015). ["The Best Second-Hand Bookshops in London"](https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/the-7-best-second-hand-bookshops-in-london/). *Culture Trip*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200220083956/https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/the-7-best-second-hand-bookshops-in-london/) from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Milliot, Jim (June 1, 2017). ["Amazon Will Be the Fifth Largest Bookstore Chain"](https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/73837-bookexpo-2017-amazon-will-be-the-fifth-largest-bookstore-chain.html). *[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200227075700/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/73837-bookexpo-2017-amazon-will-be-the-fifth-largest-bookstore-chain.html) from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020. ### Further reading - Booth, Richard, with Lucia Stewart. *My Kingdom of Books*. Talybont, Ceredigion: Y Tolfa, 1999. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780862434953](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780862434953) - Brown, Richard & Brett, Stanley. *The London Bookshop*. Pinner, Middlesex: [Private Libraries Association](/source/Private_Libraries_Association), 1977 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-900002-23-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900002-23-9) - Chambers, David. *English Country Bookshops*. Pinner, Middlesex: [Private Libraries Association](/source/Private_Libraries_Association), 2010 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-900002-18-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-900002-18-2) - Goodman, Gary. *The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade*. Minneapolis: [University of Minnesota Press](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Press), 2021. 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