Great Stories Reside Here
Winona's Oldest and Largest Used Bookstore!
We have over 40,000 titles on the shelves.
Est. 1977
Great Stories Reside Here
Winona's Oldest and Largest Used Bookstore!
We have over 40,000 titles on the shelves.
Est. 1977
Winona's Oldest and Largest Used Bookstore!
We have over 40,000 titles on the shelves.
Est. 1977
Winona's Oldest and Largest Used Bookstore!
We have over 40,000 titles on the shelves.
Est. 1977
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
CLOSED Sunday & Monday
Hours updated as needed.
**We will be closing at 3pm Sat Aug 13**
***We will be Closed Sept 2-5 for our annual vacation***
429 Mankato Ave
Winona, MN 55987
(507)-452-5580
90% of our store is gently used books, sold at 50% of the cover price. We order new books each Wednesday, and keep a selection of new titles at the front of the store for purchase.
32,357 Used books sold since 4/01/21
3,295 New books sold since 4/01/21
Celebrate with 20% off all romance books (across all genres) and 10/$1 bargain romance books.
We will play smushy love songs all day and incl...
Pick up Krueger's newest book in August, and then bring it back (with receipt) to meet William Kent Krueger and get it signed.
This is an af...
The bookstore is turning 45!! Time to party!
Guest Author Sue Berg will be back from 10am-2pm, we will have cake in store (until gone), and a...
It's another after hours event!!
Stay tuned for details....
We will have guest reader's in the store reading for story time! Join us at 10am on Thursdays from June - August for a new story every week.
Parents: this is not a supervised event, please stay with your children.
In short, trade credit reduces your out-of-pocket cost on new and used books.
That's easy! Simply bring in your gently read books (limit 35 books per day). Once we have inspected them for quality and quantity limits, you will receive 20% of the cover price in trade credit.
No. Sorry, we do not offer cash for books, only trade credit.
Used Book purchase with trade credit:
*Example Cover price: $8.00
*Less 50% (standard): $4.00
*Less 25% trade credit: $2.00
*Your out of pocket cost: $2.00 (plus tax)
New Book Purchase with trade credit:
*Example Cover price: $8.00
*Less 25% trade credit: $2.00
*Your out of pocket cost: $6.00 (plus tax)
*General fiction hardcover, unless new release. (Always easiest to let us see them.)
*Textbooks
*Library Discarded Books
*Books with highlighting, underlining, margin notes, torn, broken spines, water damaged, etc.
*Harlequins / Silhouette Novellas / Love Inspired
*We reserve the right to refuse any book.
We receive calls, e-mails, and messages about this question daily. Yes, we accept books 99% of the time we are open. When we have special events, we will post that books are not being accepted at that time. It is only fair to you and the the other customers to keep the flow moving.
*Trade credit is NOT a gift card and has no cash value.
*Trade credit will expire if left unused for 24 consecutive months.
* We do not send reminders for Trade Credit usage
*Trade accounts cannot be shared without the owners permission.
*We do not guarantee to take books because simply because they were purchased here. They have to come back in resale condition, and not exceed our inventory limits.
If you can't shop in store, you can shop on bookshop.org and select Paperbacks and Pieces as your bookstore. They offer a variety of titles that we may not have in store, shipped right to you!
https://bookshop.org/shop/paperbacksandpieces
Also, for the audio book lovers, Paperbacks and Pieces has partnered with Libro.fm for audio book purchases via this link: https://libro.fm/paperbacksandpieces
This is our preferred audio book service.
Rentals are $5 per week, paid up front. We do ask for phone and home address to be kept on file at the time of rental.
Late fees are $0.95/per day - and if the book is lost or damaged, we do ask you to pay for the book in full so we can replace it!
Once a book has moved to paperback we sell the rental hardcovers at a reduced rate.
I sold purses and wallets at fairs & festivals for years, so I brought them along with me! We have a variety of fashionable items. We have recently partnered with Montana West designs who offer vegan and real leather bags.
I have a small inventory leftover from my festival days. And we have also brought in handmade items from Alotta Moose jewelry from River Falls, WI. Watch the calendar! Tiffany herself comes in from time to time with LOTS of inventory!
Cool off with a refreshing beverage from Northern Soda Company. Made right here in Minnesota; this soda is caffeine free, gluten free, and made with real sugar. We are the only shop in Winona that carries it right now.
Want your house to smell like the bookstore? Or maybe a campfire? Pick up a Frostbeard Studios candle at our shop! These candles are also made in Minnesota from 100% soy wax.
Drop a note to your favorite person with one of our postcards! Locally made greeting cards for $2, with all money donated to the Winona Food Shelf.
It goes without saying, a bookstore obviously has bookmarks. We try to keep a variety of young, pretty, and smart-mouth bookmarks to satisfy everyone.
We host a puzzle exchange by the front door. They range from 48 - 1,500 pieces. Puzzles are brought in and exchanged for free. We do not count the pieces or monitor who takes what. It's a community courtesy.
USED BOOKS: We will gladly hold USED books for 7 days behind the counter. Whether you have called and asked about a title or reserved a title. We will hold the book for 7 days and then place it back on the shelf for the next customer.
NEW BOOKS: We will notify you on the day your book arrives in the manner you requested (call, text, e-mail). We will notify again in 7 days, and one final time 7 days later. This means we are trying to reach you THREE times over the course of 21 days. After no reply, we will put the book on the floor for sale.
Be the first to hear about upcoming sales and new arrivals.
We love our customers! Do you have a question? Are you looking for a book that isn't in our store? Drop us a line anytime, and we will get back to you with answers!
- We reserve the right to refuse any book for any or no reason.
- We do not accept book returns. We will offer 20% cover price in Trade Credit, but not cash.
- We are not held responsible if you have already read a book and repurchased.
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