Blogcritics: Comments on Half-Price Books

Comment by Dave Nalle

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:57:09 EDT

It makes some sense since DeCamp lives in Dallas now and HPB is based in Texas. I know that DeCamp has had some health and financial problems in recent years - he's now quite old and not writing much, so selling off his books makes sense. No hard data on the sale, though. I doubt that HPB would have given him a competitive price. They're more about volume than quality. Dave

Comment by Daisy

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:33:43 EDT

I heard that the legend De Camp (or his son or someone who inherited it) sold off his library. Tons of sci-fi books. The apple of a collector's eye. Rumor has it that these books were bought by Half Price Books -- the very same used bookstore chain that you're chatting about. Has anyone else got the scoop? Do share.

Comment by Phillip Winn

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:03:29 EDT

Tom (#1) - They're based here, and I regularly visit four of them. Each has a slightly different "feel." One has a better children's section, the other has more mysteries, still another has a deeper science fiction collection, and so on. But they're all good. :)

Comment by Michelle

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 07:39:33 EDT

I love getting cheap books, which is not that easy in Germany, because books falls under a special rule - they have to have the same price everywhere. Which really sucks.

Comment by Tom Johnson

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 01:09:23 EDT

Thanks for this, Phillip! I checked out their site and found they had a store here in Phoenix, which I'll be checking out this weekend.