Like everything else this year, 2020 is going to have a different holiday season. Many families won’t be able to gather to celebrate their favorite things – spending time together, enjoying a football game or spending hours cooking and eating all of their favorite foods.
Half Price Books is also making adjustments to our favorite holiday – Booksgiving Day – which takes place Saturday, November 21.
Continue readingHey Meridian, we are moving in! We are ecstatic about our new store in Meridian, Idaho. In this edition of Meet the Bibliomaniacs, we would like to introduce you to the HPB Meridian store manager, Justin Masi, who’s been hard at work leading our Meridian team (in masks and maintaining safe social distancing practices, of course) building out our newest store for you!
Established in 1984, the Half Price Books Woodshoppe’s work goes far beyond the store bookshelves that hold your next read. Not only do our beloved builders bring the kids’ section of your local Half Price Books to life with adorable themes, but they also produce every practical woodworked item in the stores, from desks to chairs and other fixtures.
That’s right, our Woodshoppe employees are practically superheroes. And now they’re using their mastery of all things lumber to craft cool items for you to take home.
As part of our HPB Exclusive line, The Woodshoppe presents an awesome assortment of handcrafted items designed to help booklovers who are looking to organize their homes or have a good time during game night.
Continue readingLooking for books to make your office look legit? Have you seen all your cool friends on Zoom calls with a sweet background but never found one that fits your bookish designs?
Well, Half Price Books has gathered a selection of stylish shelves and scenic storefronts to spice up your next conference call! Show your love for your favorite bookstore with these awesome backgrounds.
Right click and save your favorite backgrounds below!
Inspired to give your shelves a makeover? Fill your shelves to the brim with books coordinated by color, theme, even size! Check out our collections on Books by the Yard at your local HPB store or order online today!
Editor’s Note: This year, our Half Price Books calendar once again features lists of books, movies and music. We’re heading into a new decade with a new focus…the past. Each month, we’ll share a list of events, inventions and, of course, books, movies and music, from every decade since the 1900s right here on the blog. Enjoy!
Half Price Books makes its debut! …along with Earth Day, Apple and Star Wars. This month, we bring you the bevy of fascinating events, books, music and movies that increased the far out factor during the 1970s.
All the President’s Men – Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward Continue reading
Hey Nashville, we are moving in! We are ecstatic about our new store in Nashville, Tennessee. In this edition of Meet the Bibliomaniacs, we would like to introduce you to the HPB Belle Meade team, who’ve been hard at work (in masks and maintaining safe social distancing practices, of course) building out our newest store for you. Take it away, guys!
Editor’s Note: This year, our Half Price Books calendar once again features lists of books, movies and music. We’re heading into a new decade with a new focus…the past. Each month, we’ll share a list of events, inventions and, of course, books, movies and music, from every decade since the 1900s right here on the blog. Enjoy!
The Chrysler Building makes its mark on the Big Apple and up in the sky, it was a bird, a plane! This time it’s everyone’s favorite reporter turned caped hero…given that there’s a place to change nearby. Superman swoops in to save the day and we showcase a slew of other things that capture the hearts, and bookshelves, of the nation in the 1930s.
Every true explorer knows that most times the best adventures are found in the middle of a book, but we know that sometimes, an adventure in the bookstore is just as exciting. We believe the journey is just as important as the destination.
We asked a few of our adventurous Instagram booklovers to share their favorite HPB Adventures.
Here are a few of our favorite responses. Continue reading
Since we’re well into 2020 now (where does the time go?!), let’s check in on our 2020 Million Book Donation Project!
In case you’ve forgotten, the Million Book Donation Project is exactly what it sounds like – Half Price Books makes a pledge to donate at least one million books to great non-profit organizations and schools across the country. Since we officially launched the program in 2012, we’ve donated more than 11 million books!
As of today, we’ve already donated 100,490 books across the country in 2020, including some to our friends at Eastside Elementary in Cleveland, TX.
Need some books for your organization or school? Make a donation request and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
At Half Price Books, we know the importance of reading in everyone’s lives. That’s why we’ve always made book donations a priority since we were founded back in 1972. As our co-founder Ken Gjemre once said, “Books should fill our lives, not our land.”
So we’ve taken great pleasure in continuing our Million Book Donation Project in 2019 – we are pleased to announce we’ve donated… Continue reading
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