Books, Beads & More, Inc. in Mechanicsville, VA Closed now

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  May 23, 2020, by Laura Wyant
  Short answer- cozy store, variety of merchandise. As a customer there is an amazing selection of local authors and great artists. The staff are friendly and helpful. If you are looking to sell your books however there are a few things I wish I had known. I moved this year and my husband had me pare down my library. After going through everything I had four packing boxes of books. After going through the first box everything was denied. I was given certain guidelines. What they look for is popular adult fiction mostly but these things were frowned upon (by this specific person, perhaps not officially) Hardcover books Religion books (with the exception of Amish fiction) Non fiction For me this was a major blow. I personally read about 75% non fiction. I majored in religion. So of my four boxes less than 20 made the cut. I was a little heartbroken as two of my favorites got cut and they were bestsellers. (I ended up posting on Paperback Swap, they each found happy homes in less than an hour.) Anyhow I went to use my credits recently and also want to share how redeeming my credits went. I was so excited because I heard a local author was releasing a book there. I went to use my credit. You cannot use your credit for local authors. Or art, jewelry, etc. The credits can only be used on other used items (I only asked about books, I assume credit can also be used on the used DVDs and CDs but I'm not 100% sure.) I found a couple books but I had less than 20 dollars credit, spent around 80 dollars (I got the local author book, 25 dollars no discount, and a Christmas ornament) and still had credit left over. When you use credit it only covers cost of book down to a dollar. None of these policies are bad! I only share because I had disappointment caused by not knowing these things up front. I just thought I would try to make it clear for anyone else.