Build a Bookstore
A whole store's worth of books, picked to your mix.
For new used bookstores, flea-market and antique-mall booths, and anyone who needs to fill a lot of shelves at once. Tell us which genres, subjects, or types of books and media you want, and how many gaylords. We pull from a warehouse of roughly 500,000 sorted books and build the load.
You're not just buying books. You're buying the assortment, the order, the organization, and a load that's ready to shelve.
Pick a size
One gaylord fills a booth. Ten to twenty fills a small store. Fifty fills a big one. Sizes are in the table below.
Pick your mix
Genre, subject, type, age, and how many gaylords of each. Sorted so you can shelve straight out of the box, or raw if you'd rather pick through it yourself.
We quote it
We check the mix against what's in the warehouse, prices the load, and quotes freight if you need it. No obligation.
Put your request together
This isn't a checkout. It builds a request that we price by hand and sends back to you.
| Gaylords | Books (approx.) | Weight (approx.) | Fills |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 700–900 | 700–800 lb | A booth, or a big restock |
| 10 | 7,000–9,000 | about 4 tons | A small shop |
| 25 | about 20,000 | about 10 tons | A full-size used bookstore |
| 50 | about 40,000 | about 19 tons | A big store (about one full trailer) |
Need shelves as well as books? See Bookstore Shelving (coming soon).
Your details
No price is shown here on purpose: a load this size gets priced by hand.If you have an account, log in first and we'll skip the details part. Expect to hear back within 1–2 business days.
What you'd be drawing from
The loads are built from these shelves. Sorted by section, so a "mostly mystery" request actually comes out mostly mystery.
