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LOCAL USED BOOKS

An online used bookstore for book lovers who want affordable books and a local option.

Welcome to The Local Bookshelf, your local used bookstore. I’m looking for a few good bibliophiles.

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Romance
Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Canadian Authors
Sci-Fi
Kids
Young Adult
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Why The Local Bookshelf?

  • Get high quality used books for half the publisher price.

  • Support a pretty sweet local business.

  • Have a super simple and safe online transaction.

  • Skip the post office and Marketplace - I deliver to your house*.

    *Check out how delivery works

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How does it work? It’s simple!

BROWSE

 Scroll through my thoughtful selection of very gently used books and make your picks.

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BUY ONLINE

Place your order and pay online, right here on the website.

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SAME DAY DELIVERY

Orders placed before 5pm will be delivered - free - by 8pm. Orders placed after 5pm will be delivered - free - by 5pm the next day*

*Free, same day delivery is available in Fort Saskatchewan only. Find out more here.

sarah’s picks

Like Staff Picks, but better because I said so.

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ABOUT

Hi, I’m Sarah, and I’m bringing used books back to Fort Saskatchewan!

I’m a lifelong bookworm, book lover, book dragon. I read pretty much anything - Literary Fiction, SciFi and Fantasy, Romantasy, Horror, Dystopian Fiction. And I LOVE to talk to people about what they’re reading.

Like many of you, I’ve always dreamed of owning my own bookstore. A place where, as soon as you walk in the door, you’re hit with that book smell, and you can see rows upon rows of lovely stories just waiting to be told. I always had a dog with me, and a café with perpetually hot, fresh coffee. 

So why am I starting an ONLINE used bookstore? 

Listen, starting a bookstore from scratch is - daunting, not to mention expensive. I’m not saying I never will - but I’m starting small and hoping to find some folks who will grow with me.

Right now, you can’t walk in, and you’ll have to smell your own books. But! I’ll be adding new titles every week, I will look for books in my travels if you ask nicely and - BIG AND - I can get your order to your door faster than those chains can.

Oh and say goodbye to navigating the Marketplace meetups and messaging. You buy, I deliver to your house. Check out my shipping options because the further you are from me, the longer it takes. (I have one staff member.)

BOOKS I’VE READ AND RECOMMEND

Three books stacked on an orange surface, with the top book titled 'TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES' by Ashley Tate, the middle book featuring a close-up of a woman's eye with paint on her face, and the bottom book titled 'WHERE D YOU B E R' by Maria Semple.

FREE BOOKS?

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Did you know the more you read the more, the more you get?
Buy 10, get 1 Free.

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