Sell Your Books, Movies, Vinyl
Do you have a personal library you’re looking to downsize, an estate to liquidate, or a small stack of books ready to pass on? We’re always seeking quality additions for the shelves at Big Story. A quick look at the titles we currently carry is the best way to gauge our interest. Condition is paramount.
Whole collections are welcome—especially thoughtfully built personal libraries shaped by curiosity, depth, and discernment. That said, a large quantity of books does not automatically make a cohesive collection. We’re most interested in well-kept, carefully chosen libraries that reflect engaged, literate readers, rather than bulk accumulations of heavily worn or low-quality titles. Condition and content both matter.
How Does It Work?
Big Story prides itself on providing a thoughtfully curated collection of books and movies. We will review your books based on:
1) condition
2) customer interest
3) our current inventory
Looking to sell or trade? Simply bring your items into Big Story and we’ll make store credit or cash offers, typically in 20 minutes or less.
Books, DVDs/Blu-Rays/Vinyl must be in very good condition. We typically do not accept books with creased spines, torn or missing dust jackets, water or smoke damage.
When To Sell Trade Donate
Up to 20 Books/Movies: Walk-ins welcome every day from 10:00AM - 3:00PM.
More than 20 Books/Movies: Email us at bigstorybend@gmail.com and include medium/high resolution photos of your books/movies (showing the spines of the books/movies) in your email. See images on the left for examples. We will review the photos and typically respond within two business days.
What We Do & Don't Accept
Books must be in “Like New” or “Very Good” condition. Classics (published prior to 1980 will typically be accepted with additional wear or damage).
Books must be in “Like New” or “Very Good” condition. Classics (published prior to 1980 will typically be accepted with additional wear or damage).
Like New: The book looks new but has been read. Item may have very minor cosmetic defects on the cover, spine, pages or dust cover. Dust cover is intact and pages are clean and not marked.
Very Good: The book has been read but is in excellent condition. May have minor visible defects on the cover, spine, pages or dust cover. There are no missing or damaged pages, no tears or creases, and no underlining/highlighting or writing in the margins.
Books We (almost) Always Want
• Classics
• New and Popular Modern Fiction
• New and Popular Mystery/Thriller (published since 2023)
• Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Horror
• Non-Fiction: Science, Philosophy, Spirituality, Mysticism, Occult
• Trees, Birds, Rocks & Minerals, Mushrooms
• Local and Pacific Northwest
• Native American Studies
• Kids (like new condition) & Graphic Novels
• Popular Art, Rare, 1st Editions, Eclectic
• Cooking (published since 2023)
We Do Not Accept
Encyclopedia Books, School Textbooks, Manuals (auto, home improvement,medical, etc.), Cookbooks (more than three years old), History Books (most published prior to 2015), Mystery/Thriller Books (most published prior to 2015), Magazines, VHS, Books with creased spines
Authors We (almost) Always Want
Agatha Christie, Alan Watts, Albert Camus, Aldous Huxley, Alexander Dumas, Anne Frank, Anthony Doerr, Aristotle, Ayn Rand, Bill Bryson, Brene Brown, C.G. Jung, C.S. Lewis, Carlos Castaneda, Charles Bukowski, Chuck Palahniuk, Colson Whitehead, Cormac McCarthy, David Foster Wallace, David Mitchell, Douglas Adams, Dr. Suess, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson, Epictetus, Eric Carle, Ernest Cline, Ernest Hemingway, Frank Herbert, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Orwell, George R. R. Martin, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Harper Lee, Haruki Murakami, Henry Miller, Howard Zinn, Hunter S. Thompson, Immanuel Kant, J.D. Salinger, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin, Jane Austen, Jerzy Kosinski, Joad Didion, John Fante, John Muir, John Steinbeck, Jules Verne, Kahlil Gibran, Ken Kesey, Kristin Hannah, Kurt Vonnegut, Leo Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll, Liu Cixin, Malcolm Gladwell, Margaret Atwood, Mark Manson, Mary Roach, Mary Shelley, Maurice Sendak, Maya Angelou, Michel Foucault, Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Norman Mailer, Octavia E. Butler, Osho, Plato, Ram Dass, Ray Bradbury, Richard P. Feynman, Richard Scarry, Roald Dahl, Robert Heinlen, Robert M Pirsig, Sarah J Mass, Seneca, Shel Silverstein, Stephen Graham Jones, Stephen King, Sun Tzu, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath, Terry Pratchett, Toni Morrison, Truman Capote, Victor Hugo, Viktor Frankl, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, W. E. B. Du Bois, William Faulkner, William S. Burroughs, Zora Neale Huston