Small Business Profile: Paperback Trade Inn is an Escape into the Land of Fictional Reading

With Small Business Saturday coming up this weekend, Patch will be highlighting a different Clawson business each day this week.

Clawson is comprised of dozens of small businesses, which help give the city its character. Each has something unique to offer and keeps customers coming back for more. In honor of Small Business Saturday on Nov. 24, we will be featuring a profile on a different business each day leading up to Saturday, the day that celebrates them all. Today, we take a look at Paperback Trade Inn, owned by Christi Molitor. Name: Paperback Trade Inn Location: 145 East Fourteen Mile Road Years in Clawson: 30+ What does your business sell? "New and used books- cookbooks, full-line fiction, books for kids, book covers (soft and hard) and over 30 new fairy garden trinkets and garden gnomes ($4.99-$7.99). We also have miniature gardens for sale ranging from $20…

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Paperback Trade Inn is Home to the Old and New

This hometown favorite lets customers trade in their old reads and shop for new ones all while offering books at a fraction of the cost.

Whether you are heading back to school or just simply hoping to unwind with a good book, Paperback Trade Inn may have what you need. Offering deeply discounted new and used books for readers alike has been the motive behind this Clawson gem for over 30 years. The store is made up almost entirely of fictional pieces, all sorted by genre then listed alphabetically by author, making it easily accessible.   Unlike a regular retail store, customers also have the option to bring in their previously-owned books for an even larger buy-back savings. Students in search of classic reads such as Catcher in the Rye, Canterbury Tales and Hamlet, can find them here at every day low prices along with a large variety of chapter and picture books. …

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