What kinds of books are we looking for?
We’re the Eclectic Reader! We love all books. Modern fiction, science fiction, philosophy, local (Fort Collins local), intellectual thought, modern non-fiction, thrillers, horror, suspense and general mysteries, and niche topics including weather and geological specialities, western biographies, history of early flight, art books, and books on writing are all topics we have deep cuts in that you won’t find in one place anywhere else in Fort Collins. We also have cookbooks, rare and signed books, self-help, animal and medical.
Would you like to donate or sell your books to us? Thank you for thinking of us! Some rules and options:
Books only – no comic books, magazines, CDs or DVDs.
2 boxes or less – We can rarely take more than 2 bankers boxers worth at a time. If you have a large collection you’d like to discuss, please call ahead.
We may say no: If you are hoping to sell your books for credit or cash, with the exception of rare or unusual books, we will only buy what we believe we can sell – that includes genre, author, and condition. You can bring them in, but may have to wait for other customers in store.
Send a spines out picture: If you’d like to find out what we would buy before bringing them into the store, you can email us. Include a photo like the one you see on this page, with the spines out, showing title and author.
No consignment: Consignment is much more complicated that it looks on the surface. At this time, we’re not accepting rare books or book collections for consignment. If we are aware of someone who’s accepting consignment that we recommend, we’ll pass their name along.
What we might pay: We typically pay a percentage of what we would sell them for. 3-4 dollars per hardcover, 2-3 dollars per trade paperback, .25-.50 per mass market paperback. We will pay more in store credit than in cash. Store credit, until further notice, applies only to what’s in store – not our online inventory.
Donations welcome! We make every effort not to throw away books. If we can’t use them we often donate to: Arc, the Rist County Festival, Little Free Libraries, and similar entities if the books do not suit our genres. If the book is not in sufficient condition for these groups, we work to get them to arts and crafts groups, or as a last effort, we follow best practices to ensure as much of the book can be recycled as possible.
General guidance: In the genres we like to stock (history, non-fiction, art, horticulture, cookbooks, fiction) the major works of major artists are almost always welcome, as well as some of their b-sides and deep cuts. First books in series also always so good to see.