page_title: Half Price Books
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Half Price Books / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Half Price Books corporate headquarters and the Northwest Highway store on Northwest Highway, Dallas, Texas, United States.
context_page_description: Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated is a chain of new and used bookstores in the United States. The company’s original motto is "We buy and sell anything printed or recorded except yesterday's newspaper", and many of the used books, music, and movies for sale in each location are purchased from local residents. The corporate office is located in the flagship Northwest Highway location in Dallas, Texas. Half Price Books now operates more than 127 stores in 17 states.
context_section_description: Founders Ken Gjemre and Pat Anderson opened the first store in 1972 in a former laundromat in Dallas, Texas, filling the shelves with 2,000 books out of their personal libraries. Pat Anderson’s daughter, Sharon Anderson Wright, is the company’s current President and CEO. In 2009, Sharon's sister Ellen O'Neal stepped up to the position of Chairperson of the Board in order to become more involved with the family business.
caption: Entrance to the Half Price Books Northwest Highway, the corporate headquarters, on E. Northwest Highway in Dallas, Texas
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