September 18th, 2010
As you walk into Jericho Bookstore the smell of old books is overwhelming. The store carries so many books old and new. The store employee was quick to help me find what I was looking for, even though it was not very hard to find your way around. I was pleasantly surprised that the books were so well kept and organized.
All the books in the store are half off the sticker price, and they even had an area where all books were twenty five cents. Although I do not think I would buy the books offered for twenty five cents, they say that the selection changes often. They sell text books and great old literature. This was a great store for people that love to read books especially if you are looking for an older book that may not be carried by Barnes and Noble.
There was not very much of a child’s book selection. It was somewhat disappointing, but there was a much bigger selection online. A lot of their kid’s books that were in the store are used, but they are in good condition and some had beautiful illustrations. Really this was the only part of the store that I had higher expectations for.
There really is a beauty to buying old used books, and Jericho sells all their books at great prices. If you are interested in selling your own used books to the store you can take them up to the store or see their online website. The employees are real book lovers and can answer all your questions, and they are willing to help you find that perfect book.
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January 13th, 2010
Tyler Barnes and Noble is a place where you can go and find the book you are looking for. They have all kinds of books on all kinds of topics. I go to Barnes and Nobles sometimes with my friends and I love to hang out and look around at the books they have. They don’t mind if you pick a seat and read a book or so. They make it so that you can feel right at home if you decide to read there.
They also have a place where they have magazines anywhere from those on fashion, people, cars, your home, food and other types of topics. They also have a selection for your children and they have it set up to where if you want to sit down and read to your child you can.
Inside the Tyler Barnes and Noble they also have a Starbucks and you know that everyone likes a good cup of coffee while you are reading a good book. If you don’t like looking around for a book or don’t feel like reading you can choose to hang out with your friends and have a cup of coffee and catch up on old times.
Barnes and Noble book store often has sales so you can find books there for a reasonable price especially if using your Barnes and Nobles customer card. If you don’t have the money to buy the book then you can just go and read while you are there. I am sure they won’t care if you hang out, have a cup of coffee and read a book without purchasing it. I have done this on numerous occasions although they know you will take one or two home eventually and this is why this type of setup works.
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January 12th, 2010
In the nineteen nineties a group of friends and I established “Timeless Books and Music” as our second residence. We passed hours on the store’s floor and in its couches sifting through everything from classics to nineteen forties and fifties science fiction. The owner at the time became familiar with our tastes and would set aside books he knew would be of interest to us. As a result, my library contains some obscure but semi-valuable editions I would otherwise never have found. In those days the primary but not exclusive, literature to be found in the store was fiction from the first few decades of the turn of the century. There was a smattering of religion and history, and as I said classics, but the old dime back fiction was the order of the day. We’d find old Lewis and Lovecraft, Fritz Lieber and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
There was music for sale in those days as well. In fact if I were to walk through the music section today, I would probably find items we dropped off in trade for some form of reading material.
Today, Timeless has a new owner, but the same location on Broadway next to Hastings. And while the genre of books has changed, the store still keeps a steady flow of customers. The literature offered has broadened in terms of appeal. There are all kinds of mostly newer fiction. Timeless carries many of the same titles one might find in a bigger chain, but at used bookstore prices. The music section has grown considerably since I last visited too. If you’re looking for old vinyl or cassette tapes, Timeless is probably your best bet in Tyler.
Truth be told, things have changed a lot since I used to visit all those years ago. I no longer spend my entire afternoon haunting the shelves of the bookstore, nor do I tend to skip meals in order to buy books, (although that wouldn’t kill me either), but if you’re looking for some good beach reading this summer, you can still find it at Timeless Books and Music. Located at 4129 S Broadway in Tyler Texas.
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January 8th, 2010
Located at 2803 University Blvd, Pea Picker Books is one of the largest bookstores in Tyler, second only to Barnes and Noble. If you’re looking for relatively current or even recent dime back fiction this is the place for you. Paperbacks run wall to wall (and everywhere in between). Again, for the person looking for good beach reading, or an easy traveling companion for a summer road trip, this could be the place. They have a decent selection of most genres. The highlight of a trip to Pea Picker’s would have to be the biography section. There are more hardcover books here than any where else in the store. Presidents, generals and politicians are all present and accounted for. The western section is also huge, and contains an abundance of both hardcover and paperback fiction.
The classics section is unfortunately small considering the overall size of the Tyler book store; however I’m sure that given its proximity to UT Tyler, it does provide the local students with the cliff’s notes they require to barely pass their lit classes. Their selection of Cliff’s and Spark notes is quite large. All sarcasm aside however, I understand the law of supply and demand, and I realize a store only sells to a market. My biggest criticism of Pea Picker is the huge over abundance of romance novels. In fact there are so many that they are divided into sub groups.
One of the most interesting things about the store is the art on the walls. There is everything from western and military art, to promotional posters for certain novels or genres, to signed photos of authors and other cultural icons. There are also portraits of every president from Washington to Nixon.
My guess is, literary snobs, and book collectors (and I include myself in both of those obnoxious categories), will probably not be crazy about this store. The selection is huge, and if you are searching for a common title you will probably find it there. But Pea Picker is not the sort of book store to shop for those rare finds bibliophiles live for. On a scale of one to five, I’d give it a three. But don’t take my word for it, stop by and judge for yourself. An afternoon spent in a bookstore is never an afternoon wasted.
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