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Cecilia Kleinkauf
Fly Fishing Women Signing
Sat. April 26th, 1:00 PM

Michael Gruber
Forgery of Venus Signing
Wed, Apr. 30th, 7:00 PM

Kelly Christenson
Blackberry Web Signing
Sat, May 10th, 1:00 PM

John Straley
The Big Both Ways Signing
Tues. May 13th, 7:00 PM

Sue Henry
Degrees of Seperation Signing
Wed, May 21st, 7:00 PM

Seth Kantner
Shopping for Porcupine Signing
Thurs, May. 29th, 7:00 PM

Amanda Brannon
Every Which Way With Rhubarb Signing
Sat. May 31st, 1:00 PM

Nick Heil
Dark Summit Signing
Tues, June 10th, 7:00 PM

Recurring Events:
Chess Club
Meetings
(every Friday):
Apr. 4th, 5-10pm
Apr. 11th, 5-10pm
Apr. 18th, 5-10pm
Apr. 25th, 5-10pm

Writers at Title Wave
Meetings
(every Saturday):

Apr. 5th, 9:30am
Apr. 12th, 9:30am
Apr. 19th, 9:30am
Apr.. 26th, 9:30am


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Sell or Trade Your Old Books

We purchase books and accept books in trade seven days a week.


Intake Counter Hours

10:00 - 6:00 PM -- Monday - Saturday
11:00 - 6:00 PM -- Sunday

**Please note that the Intake Counter closes at 6:00 each day. If you are bringing in books late in the day, it is always a good idea to show up no later than 5:30 PM if you have a box or less. If you have multiple boxes, please call ahead, or bring them in no later than 5:00 PM. If you’re working during these hours, it’s no problem; we’re buying books seven days a week!


~ What We Take ~

We buy all kinds of stuff!! Books, audiobooks, CD/DVD (we are currently NOT ACCEPTING VHS tapes), and other interesting items that will appeal to our great customers! We‘re looking for books / items that are:

  • In Great Condition
  • Contain relevant information (not outdated)
  • Types of books and items that Title Wave sells


~ What We Don’t Take ~

Books in poor condition:

  • Dingy, dusty, torn covers or broken bindings
  • Hardcover books without dustjackets (if they were issued with one)
  • Books that contain “organic defects”: pet hair, coffee spills, mouse poo, water damage, covered in snow, covered in bees, etc.
  • Books that smell bad: smoke, mothballs, mildew, etc.

Types of books/items that we don’t take:

  • Series romances (Usually numbered, Silhouette, Harlequin, etc.)
  • Ex-Library Books and Former-rental tapes and discs
  • Promotional items - Advance Reading Copies - Promo CD’s and movies
  • Reader’s Digest Condensed books
  • Most hardcover genre fiction: Sheldon, Steel, Patterson, Grisham, Clancy, etc.
  • Partial sets of books
  • Most encyclopedias
  • Most textbooks
  • Magazines
  • Original software users manuals

Books that we’re overstocked on:

  • If we have all the copies we need of a particular title - we may turn yours down. You should try it back - we may need it the next time you’re in.

Books that are out-dated in nature.

Some examples include:
  • Older testing guides
  • Older travel guides
  • Older textbooks
  • Older career guides
  • Older fact books
  • Older computer books
  • Any books with dated and time-sensitive information

~ What We Pay ~

How Much We Offer

For hardbacks and oversized "trade" or "quality" paperbacks, we pay based on a percentage of what each book will sell for at Title Wave. For books that are still available in new bookstores (i.e. in-print books), our cash price begins at 10 percent of the publisher's price. Most books will be worth up to 25 percent of the publisher's price in trade credit toward the purchase of other items from Title Wave's extensive inventory.


For pocket-sized "mass-market" paperbacks we offer a cash price of 20 cents apiece for the titles we currently need. In trade, pocket-sized paperbacks are worth about 25 percent of the current publisher's price in trade credit toward the purchase of other pocket-sized paperbacks.

For used music compact discs we offer a percentage of what the CD will resell for at Title Wave. This varies considerably according to the artist and genre, and it depends a great deal on how popular a particular CD is (and how often customers offer us copies of that title!).

For any items that you bring in to Title Wave, factors such as condition, availability, and stock level help determine the amount of trade credit and/or cash issued.


~ Using Your Credit ~

When you trade your books at Title Wave, we do not require that you pay part of your purchase in cash the way some stores do! At Title Wave, you never have to spend "real money" when you have enough trade credit in the appropriate category. Since we pay based on what your books are actually worth, we need to examine your books in order to determine their value. If your collection includes rare or collectible titles, we will value those books individually and determine their cash or trade value accordingly.

~ Trade Credit Expiration ~

Title Wave Books has changed our expiration policy for inactive trade credit accounts. Effective December 31, 2009 trade credit accounts with no activity during the previous two calendar years will be considered inactive, and your trade credit will expire.

Any trade credit activity on your account will keep it active. This includes trade credit received by bringing in items, and trade credit spent by making an allowable trade credit purchase at any Title Wave Books location.

This change applies retroactively to all trade credit issued by Title Wave Books between 1991 and 2007.

If you have a trade credit balance from a transaction completed between January 1, 1991 and December 31, 2007, and if your account is not used during all of 2008 and 2009, your trade credit will expire on December 31, 2009.

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Hardcover Fiction

1. Unaccustomed Earth
2. The Miracle at Speedy Motors
3. The Plague of Doves
4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
5. The Whole Truth
6. Sundays at Tiffany's
7. The Girl With No Shadow
8. A Thousand Splendid Suns
9. Hold Tight
10. Red Bird: Poems
 

Paperback Fiction

1. Water for Elephants
2. Loving Frank
3. Out Stealing Horses
4. The Yiddish Policemen's Union
5. Divisadero
6. The Friday Night Knitting Club
7. The Gathering
8. Nineteen Minutes
9. Peony in Love
10. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
 

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The Last Lecture
2. Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within.
3. A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
4. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
5. Armageddon in Retrospect: And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace
6. Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
7. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
8. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
9. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
10. A Remarkable Mother
 

Paperback Nonfiction

1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
2. Three Cups of Tea
3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. The Power of Now
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma
7. Dreams From My Father
8. The Audacity of Hope
9. I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
10. Infidel
 
Book Sense

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Title Wave Books-Midtown:
1360 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Anchorage, Alaska 99503-2510
907/278.9283 Fax: 907/278.7323
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday & Saturday: 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Title Wave Books-Downtown:
415 W. 5th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska 99501
907/258.9283
Fax: 907/258.7323
Hours
(Sept. - May): 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Every Day