Pulpfiction Books

2422 Main Street

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada.  V5T 3E2

604.876.4311

pulpbook@telus.net

HOURS OF OPERATION

Mon-Wed 10am - 8pm

Thur-Sat 10am-9pm

Sun 11am-7pm

Closed Christmas Day, open all other stat holidays

Pulpfiction Books West

3133 West Broadway (@ Balaclava, beside the Hollywood Theatre)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada.  V6K 2H2

604.873.4311

pulpkits@telus.net

HOURS OF OPERATION

Mon-Sat 11am-9pm

Sun 12 noon-9pm

Closed Christmas Day, open all other stat holidays

BOOK BUYING / TRADING POLICY (applicable to both stores)

We buy and trade books on a daily basis.  Our cash buying is done on a first-come, first-served basis every day, except for weekends, when we will consider books for purchase up to 5pm.  At the moment, supply of used books far exceeds demand in Vancouver.  Many of our competitors are simply not doing any cash buying, and are referring potential vendors to us.  As a result, we are seeing more books than we could ever hope to buy.  We pay well for the books we do take, and we have many vendors (plus many regular book scouts) competing for our business.  It's not unusual for us to see between 15 and 20 vendors in the first few hours we're open.  Thus, it's a good idea to come as early in the day as possible if you are looking for cash for your books.  Plan to arrive when we open, or shortly thereafter.  Our cash buying is usually concluded by 12 noon or 1pm on weekdays.  If you can't make it on a weekday, come on a Saturday or Sunday, where we look at books up until 5pm.

We pay a percentage of what we will sell your books for, based on our assessment of how quickly we think the books will sell.  In general, we will pay up to 40% of our selling price in cash.  We will generally not pay cash for common authors and titles which we are easily able to obtain from other customers on trade.

If you are interested in trading for store stock, we will look at your books at any time.  We will offer up to 55% of our retail price in store credit, once again based on our assessement of how quickly we think your books will sell.  Store credit doesn't expire, is good at either store, and you don't have to spend any money with it.  Store credit doesn't apply to books we order new from publishers, and a very few collectible or scarce books, which are clearly marked, and less than 5% of our total inventory.

WHAT KIND OF BOOKS DO YOU BUY?

Books We Never Take

Harlequins, Book Club hardcovers, textbooks, damaged books, highlighted or marked books, computer books, encyclopedia sets, kids' series (Goosebumps; Animorphs; Saddle Club), self-published poetry, 99% of all sports and business books, stolen books, books we already have too many of.

Books We're Always Interested in Seeing

Contemporary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, Beat writing, visual art and architecture, classic kids' books (Richard Scarry; Enid Blyton; Roald Dahl), science, travel, cultural studies and philosophy, etc.  Our customers are well-read, unconventional, and bright.

Further questions?  Please call or e-mail; a staff member will be pleased to help you.