The Philadelphia Inquirer Read what Time Magazine , The Industry Standard , and The Wall Street Journal , among others, have been saying about Powell's in the press . Because at Powell's, not only do we carry books by all your favorite authors and on your favorite topics, we let you choose between Hardcover and Paperback, used and new. And every book we sell is completely guaranteed for quality - maybe that's why so many readers scour our Used titles to fill their wish lists. Browse wherever you want. With more than 1.5 million books accessible to the public every day of the year, our inventory remains in a constant state of flux.
Books come in, books go out, minute by minute and day by day.
To reduce the risk of multiple calls on a single title, we update our Web site every night. When someone buys a book, it's gone for good. Posting titles on our Web site only accelerates the process. In these rare cases, the customer whose order was placed first receives the book. Powell's probably is the world's greatest bookstore.