Book Rack Franchise Trade Policy

The Book Rack takes in used paperbacks for store credit valued at 1/4 cover price.
Used books are sold for 1/2 off the cover price.

Store Credit can be used for up to 50% of a purchase. For instance, if you wish to purchase $10 of used books, and have $6 of credit, you may only use $5 of your credit toward the purchase. In this example, the total cash outlay for this purchase would be $5.50 ($10 + 5% tax - 50% of purchase in credit).

All credit can be used toward all used books. All existing slips will be honored under this system.

Credit may not be used toward New Books (marked by "New Book" labels, sold for 10-20% off cover price), Merchandise (Book Covers, Canvas Bags, etc.), or Clearance Items (marked with Blue Dots).

Have a lot of books? If you have more than 1 box, or 2 bags of books, please call for an appointment! 781-646-2665

Guidelines for what we accept:

We take paperback fiction of all genres as well as Science, Biography, Hobby books, Cook Books, History, Sports, Psychology and other general interest topics. We do not accept text books or dated material such as travel guides. We accept some hardcovers, including books released within the past year, books currently on school reading lists, recent non-fiction and other hot sellers, subject to our discretion. We reserve the right to refuse any book at any time due to overstock or condition.

A note on condition: We cannot accept paperbacks without covers. We also cannot take damaged or mildewed books. If you wouldn't loan the book to a friend in the condition it's in, we probably cannot accept it.

For books we cannot accept for credit, we can no longer donate everything! We will do our best to donate as much as possible.

Feel free to email or ask at the desk if you have any questions.