Tuesday - Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
CLOSED Sunday & Monday
Hours updated as needed.
Closing at 5pm on May 8th to celebrate our daughter's birthday.
429 Mankato Ave
Winona, MN 55987
1-507-452-5580
90% of our store is gently used books, sold at 50% of the cover price. We order new books each Tuesday and keep a selection of new titles at the front of the store for purchase.
91,237 Used books sold since 4/01/21
12,365 New books sold since 4/01/21
Shopping with Bookshop allows Indies to have an online inventory of NEW books, and there are many perks to Bookshop: giveaways, free shipping events, and supporting Indie Bookstores! Bookshop shares all profits with small Indies (like us).
**This is NOT an inventory of what is available in store.
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 20 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
*Magazines - we will not accept these for any genre or reading ability
*We reserve the right to refuse any book.
*We do not accept VHS, DVD, CD, Vinyl, or other media that is not a book
At this time, we are only accepting nonfiction that has a publication date within the last two years.
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 simply because they were purchased here. They have to come back in resale condition, and not exceed our inventory limits.
* Trade credit is only valid on New & Used books, not any other merchandise in store.
*DONATE your older hardcovers to us and we will sell for $1 and donate the money locally within the Winona community.
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.
Specializing in quirky and book themed purses and wallets.
We have 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. It's in the big red cooler right by the front door!
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.
Tarot Cards - And books about it! Locally embroidered towels
Craft Kits Locally made candles
Lego Build Kits Locally made Bookish shirts
Sticker / Coloring Books Bookplates
3D Prints Unique games
NEW puzzles
