Powell's pens new chapter in buying

0 Comments | Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December, 2004

Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard

Tired of paying storage fees on her trove of children's books, Diane Coats of Springfield decided to unload her collection Saturday.

About 600 books stored in a dozen 10-gallon Rubbermaid totes, to be precise.

Coats, a former representative with a children's book company, was among the hundreds of people selling their used books to representatives of Powell's Books.

She downsized her considerable accumulation and collected a check for $88.

The legendary Portland-based bookseller is in Eugene on a four-day book-buying spree to replenish the supply of books at its nine Portland-area stores, said Miriam Sontz, Powell's chief executive officer.

In September, Powell's opened a retail...

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