Why Trove Bookstore?

The idea sits somewhere between your neighborhood bookstore and a library: Trove has the newest titles, without a wait list, and for a lower price than the biggest booksellers.

You may have felt that new books are just too expensive. A brand new, hardcover book often runs around $30 or more, and a library copy of the same title (if the library has ordered it at all) can carry a wait list running into months. That’s just ridiculous.

Trove was created for the reader caught between those two options: someone who wants to read a book while it's new, who doesn't want to pay full retail price for a book they may read once and set aside, without waiting for it.

A reader selects a title, pays a rental fee plus shipping and tax, and receives the book by mail for a 30-day rental window per book, 60 days for two books, and a with a maximum of 90 days. Finish it and send it back, or, if it earns a spot on your bookshelf, apply what has already been paid toward the purchase price rather than paying for the book twice. There’s no need for any subscription service, and there’s no obligation to rent again once a book is returned. We made it so it works as well for a single title as it does for a reader working through a long list.

Trove helps readers find that middle ground: where reading new releases stops being a choice between an expensive habit and a long wait. It's built for the reader who wants a shelf that turns over, like those little free libraries, rather than one that just multiplies. We’re made for anyone who wants to start the book everyone is talking about without waiting for a library hold to clear. That's the case Trove is making, one rental at a time.