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Trade Credit Program

We’re excited to announce a new way to share your love of books—Fairy Tale Books is now accepting gently used books for store credit! Bring in your pre-loved favorites and discover new reads while earning credit toward your next adventure.

Everyone’s story matters at Fairy Tale Books. Whether you’re trading one book or a whole stack, your books find new homes and you get credit to fuel your reading journey. It’s a win-win for book lovers!

How It Works

Bring your gently used books to our shop. Our team will review them and offer you trade credit based on their condition and our current needs.

What We Accept

We’re looking for books in good condition—no water damage, excessive wear, or missing pages. Ask us if you’re unsure about a specific title!

Why Trade With Us?

Trading books keeps stories moving, helps the environment, and gives you the chance to discover something new every time you visit. Join our community of readers and start trading today!

Trade Program Details

Bring in your gently-loved books and turn them into store credit you can use toward future purchases.

How It Works

  • Bring your used books to the counter during business hours
  • We will log them in and hold them for review
  • Our team will take a couple of days to evaluate condition, demand, and inventory needs
  • Accepted books earn store credit, added directly to your customer account

How to use Trade Credit

We do not buy books.
Trade Credit works like a discount program. Books brought in are assigned a price which is approximately half of the cover price. You receive store credit equal to half of the price we assign.

The credit is then applied to your purchases: 10% off new books, 50% off used books. You will always pay something. 

Please limit yourself to two boxes per visit unless you’ve made an appointment.

What We Look For

  • Excellent or good condition
  • No odors, stains, or water damage
  • Popular authors and strong genres
  • Books clean enough to be resold
  • No Magazines
  • No water damage
  • No torn or grimy covers or missing dust jackets
  • No smelly or hairy books.

You may also choose to donate books we cannot accept for credit

Why Trade With Us

Keep great books in circulation
Support your local, independent bookstore
Stretch your reading budget while helping the community



Stop by Tuesday through Saturday, 9:30 to 6:30, and let us take a look at your stack.

Fairy Tale Books LLC
1750 TX-97, Jourdanton, Texas
830-770-0049

fairytalebookstore.com

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