Do You Have Books To Trade?

Hemingway's offers generous store credit (trade value) on most quality used books.

Here is our Trade Policy:

• Trade value is one-half (50%) of our resale price. If you bring in a pocketbook that we sell for $4.00 then you receive a store credit of $2.00.
  
  
• We record the TYPE of books you bring in and you may exchange them for similar books using 100% credit. For example: You love mysteries. You bring in a box of them and receive $100.00 in store credit. This allows you to browse our mystery section and take up to $100.00 worth of used books without spending a penny.
  
  
• You may use your credit to pay 50% of the value of ANY OTHER item in the store. Let's say you brought in mysteries, but want to buy children's books. You can use your mystery credit to pay for 50% of the cost of the children's books. Your book credit is also good for 50% of any new book in the store.
  
  
• We keep a record on the computer, and you can add or subtract from your total as you wish.
  
  
• We reserve the right to refuse books for credit, even if you purchased them from us originally. We try to accept as many titles as we can but some books are so plentiful that we simply don't need any more.
  
  
• Items must be clean and in Very Good condition or better. Our books are carefully selected. The books you take from us are in VG or better shape so we expect the same in return from you.
  
  
• Books with text highlighting, margin notes, prior owner inscriptions (Happy Birthday Mom! for instance), or books that are heavily soiled, reek of mould or smoke, or otherwise appear damaged will not be accepted.

Please note:
We NEVER accept the following: National Geographic Magazines, Reader's Digest abridged books, Harlequin Romance titles, comic books (except Archies), most encyclopedia sets and most magazines.
(See our "Books We Buy" link for the magazines we DO want.)

Our TOP 10 list:

• Teen Paranormal
• Adult Paranormal 
• Current literature bestsellers 
• Military Fiction Series
• Teen and Tween Fantasy Series 
• Military History
• Philosophy
• Recent Science Fiction/Fantasy pocketbooks
• First Nations and Canadian History 
• Recent bestsellers in pocketbook format

We are currently looking for the following:

1. The latest titles in popular fiction and non-fiction categories.
   
   
2. Literature (Children and Adult titles/International, Classic and Canadian authors)
   
   
3. World History (school age, undergraduate and post-graduate level) Softcover and hardcover editions wanted.
   
   
4. Military History (Canadian, Allied and Axis accounts from both world wars; general military history; naval, infantry, air force and special forces unit or regimental histories; Military biography; Ballantine series, original military maps, ephemera, unpublished diaries, letters from the front etc. (Softcover and hardcover editions wanted.)
   
   
5. Philosophy, Anarchist titles & political science.
   
   
6. BC/Yukon/West Coast local history, First Nations titles. (Softcover and hardcover editions wanted.)
   
   
7. Art, photography, crafts, trade references (mechanics, woodworking, welding, automotive, motorcycles, books on farming etc.) Softcover and hardcover editions accepted.
   
   
8. Recent fitness, hockey, Canadian pro leagues, combat sports (karate, judo), yoga, outdoor sports and fishing/hunting. (Softcover and hardcover.)
   
   
9. Gardening, indoor and outdoor. Particularly west coast gardening. Hobby farming, animal husbandry, field guides for flowers and wildlife. (Softcover and hardcover)
   
   
10. Horse books, pet books; dogs, cats etc. (softcover and hardcover)
    
    
11. Song books, sheet music for voice, choral and instrumental. Pop, rock and classical all OK.
    
    
12. Science fiction/Fantasy pocket books (Hardcovers are less likely to be accepted, so ask us first before dragging them down to our shop.)
    
    
13. Most current popular authors in genres such as: mystery, romance, thriller, horror and western (that is authors who are currently alive and writing) POCKETBOOKS ONLY.
    
    
14. Vintage pocketbooks. 1930's-1970's titles in a host of subjects. Mainly SF/Fantasy, military fiction, mysteries and non-fiction subjects.
    
    
15. True crime pocketbooks. (Check with us first if you have hardcovers.)
    
    
16. Non-fiction subjects. We have too many to list but we are always looking for books on such subjects as: railroads, boatbuilding, blacksmithing, exploration, astronomy, engineering, architecture, business, marketing and a host of self-help topics.
    
    
17. Antiquarian. Books over 100 years of age are always of interest. Age does NOT make a book valuable, but old books MAY be of value. Condition is vital.

• We do have a small discount section of clearance titles for $2, or 3 for $5. You receive the usual 50% credit for books we allocate to this section, however, we do NOT accept these books in return. Our Toonie items are not returnable for credit!
  
  
• If you have a large number of books to bring in, please call us first to arrange an appointment.
  You can reach us at (604) 855-1894.
  
  
• You may have books to sell. Please click on our "Books We Buy" link to learn more.
  
  
• If you have books that are NOT on this list, please call or email us with their descriptions. We are always looking for new titles!