Stuff for Sale

You already know we've begun our Moving Sale. Oh, you don't? Well, used and rare books are 20% off. If you purchase 10 or more used books, or 10 or more rare books, the discount increases to 30%. The Bargain Rooms sale is still in effect, 10 or more items from there will get you 50% off.
Even better we've moved National Geographics published from the 1950's on to the Bargain Rooms. They're 25 cents a piece.

In addition to all that book goodness, we've got construction supplies for sale. We've got lumber, cinder blocks, oak doors, and enormous wood beams. Contact a manager for more details. More book cases have become available too. Come down and snag one or two today.

I Heart Books Sale! Feb. 4-6!

25% off new books! 50% off used books! 30% off rare books!

Some exceptions apply. Sale does not include special orders, staff recommends, best sellers, and bargain room books. Does not combine with any other sales or discounts.

New Day, New Sale

Last March we announced our intention to downsize and move from our Main Street location. Loyal customers and old time Salt Lakers flocked to our store to share their memories, give us their good wishes, and take advantage of our moving sale.

All of those actions helped us. The good wishes and the love were invaluable during a time when we felt beleaguered. The stories were heart warming and fascinating. We were so moved by your stories that we created the Moving Histories Project to document them. Many of the videos we shot are on our YouTube channel now.

And what about that sale? Well the sale was designed to begin to reduce stock and, most importantly, help us downsize in place while we put our building on the market and searched for a new one. And you, dear customers, have helped us achieve that goal. Thank you.

So now we move on to another phase of preparations for our relocation: reducing the Bargain Rooms. Those who frequent us physically (instead of virtually) have watched our Bargain Book area grow from one room to two rooms and now three rooms. The books in there aren't junk, they wouldn't be on any of our shelves if they were, but they're not the right stock for our regular shelves. As they've moved from their former sections, each of the books was marked to $1.00, $3.00 or $5.00. And now they're even cheaper. We need to move those books out so we can move on. So if you buy 10 or more books from the Bargain Room, you'll get 50% off the lot of them.

Of course you want to know about our move. There's only so much we can say at this point. We're in negotiations with a buyer for our property. We've identified 3 properties that we think look good. Tony and the management team are covering details about reading and stocking philosophies, aesthetics, businesses to potentially partner with, you name it. It's a lot of planning, and it's exhilarating.

In the mean time, we're still here for you. We're stocked with wonderful new and used books and we're dying to show them to you. This is one of the best new book publishing seasons we've seen in a long time. We'd love to share our books and their stories with you.

Taschen Warehouse Sale

We art book lovers in Weller World are just beside ourselves with glee at having been asked to host a Taschen warehouse sale. Last month our Taschen sales rep, the marvelous and lovely Sarah Boyd, called me with a tantalizing offer: Join a group of select independent booksellers to do what has never been done before -- hold a Taschen Warehouse sale. Previous sales were held only at the Taschen stores in New York City and Los Angeles. Well of course we said, "Yes!"

At the end of last week 500 bargain priced Taschen books landed on our sale tables. They range from travel guides for Paris, Barcelona, Berlin and London to a nice range of architecture books including Green Architecture and Architecture in the United States to Andy Summers' collection of Police tour photographs taken in the early 1980's to the fabulous Movies of the 20s and Early Cinema and beyond. I'm talking books about Bunuel, Polanski, girly magazines, and China. Prices range from $6.99 to $19.99. It's a wonderful ecclectic selection from one of the best art book publishers out there. The catch is, the books are only here for a limited time. Come in by May 5th and you'll be delighted. Look for the Taschen warehouse sale books after that and you'll be disappointed because we will have shipped them all back.