Yeah!!! Used books!!! Awesome store!! I found so many great books in here. :) (note: I love sci-fi & fantasy, and they have a pretty great random collection of that stuff) Also, it's nice to be able to sell books and get credits for new (well... used...) ones! So happy I randomly came across this while walking around. :) read more

As an Australian tourist strolling the streets of Nelson I dropped in late one recent afternoon to browse. I mentioned I was a Margaret Atwood admirer and was shown some early works in paperback that I had not seen previously. The friendly owner also introduced me to Margaret Laurence and I happily left the shop with five paperbacks for about $25. Just arrived back in Melbourne and just finished all five books and couldn't be more pleased with the recommendations. I'd be a regular customer if I lived a bit closer than 13,500 kilometres away. read more

This is the kind of bookstore you would expect to find in communal, latitudinarian, patchouli-scented Nelson. It possesses a large New Age section, it accepts trades, and it shares a space with the Vienna Cafe. It is a cool space because you can buy a reasonably-priced used book and then step over to the cafe for an organic half-sweet rice milk chai latte. The quality and price of the books that they have are really good. My main criticism is that the selection is fairly small. I went in with a list of books (which included deWitt's 'The Sisters Brothers', Zafon's 'Shadow of the Wind', Lance Armstrong's 'It's Not About the Bike' and Verghese's 'Cutting for Stone'...books that are all supe-pops) and they didn't have any of them. If you do find yourself in Nelson looking for a book, and you happen to check out the Internet before you start your search, and you find this particular Yelp review, I encourage you to shop at Pack Rat Annie's over Otter Books, which only sells new. The staff are also really helpful and, yes, smell like patchouli. read more

Packrat Annie's - Bookstore and Cafe, All-in-One! - Bookstores Near Me - Nelson, British Columbia

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Kind staff. Not a huge selection, though, and they are very picky on what books they'll take from you. Nevertheless, if you have books in good condition that you don't want, I recommend stopping by to sell them for credit, and pick up some different books with said credit. read more

Nice feel, a good selection of books and top notch service.