Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Book-Off will bring its discounted goods to Astor Place

Book-Off, Japan's largest chain of used bookstores, is opening an outpost on the SE corner of Broadway and Astor Place. 

The store, which also has a location on West 45th Street (as well as an anime lab in Brooklyn), is known for its discounted books, DVDs, CDs, video games, video consoles, manga, J-pop, etc. They will also buy the products above. 

The 45th Street outpost is three levels. We're not sure how much retail space they're taking here, the previous Vitamin Shoppe.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 18, 2024 at 8:56 AM

    Great! They are the only store I know off where you can get reasonable prices on used Criterion DVD's.

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  2. Chelsea FrazerDecember 18, 2024 at 9:52 AM

    I’m excited about the special edition books..assuming it’s like the one on 45th

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  3. Eden BeeDecember 18, 2024 at 10:40 AM

    Sounds good to me!

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  4. AnonymousDecember 19, 2024 at 1:31 PM

    Very close to the Strand.

    While wonderful to have another bookshop, concerned about impact on Strand.

    In the meantime, many other areas with no bookshops….

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  5. AnonymousDecember 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM

    I wonder if this location will also compete with 2nd Street, Book Off in Japan also sells 2nd hand clothes, baby items and luxury goods

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