About Us - Books, Books And More Books!

Gently Used Books is in Douglassville, in eastern Berks County, about 6 miles east of the Exeter area of Reading (really Exeter Township), or 11 miles east of the Mount Penn area of Reading, or 13 miles east of the Shillington area of Reading and about 5 miles west of Highway 100 and Pottstown and the Coventry Mall in North Coventry. The Douglassville Shopping Center has plenty of off-street parking, and being right on Highway 422 makes it easy to get to our bookstore from just about anywhere in Berks County, Montgomery County or Chester County.

Gently Used Books Featured On WFMZ-TV Channel 69!

Gently Used Books store owner Mona DeWalt was recently featured in a news segment on WFMZ-TV Channel 69 - here's a link to the film clip:

Gently Used Books and Mona DeWalt on WFMZ-TV Channel 69

Once you get to the WFMZ site, if you click on the word "menu" in the lower right corner of the video screen, you'll be able to increase the size of the video to a full screen display. Sorry, but there is a 15 second commercial before the video starts playing - we don't have any control over that.

In The Newspaper: Pottstown Mercury

Here's a link to the February 26, 2010 Pottstown Mercury story about Gently Used Books.

Here's a link to the August 21, 2009 Pottstown Mercury story about Gently Used Books.

Here's a link to the November 23, 2007 Pottstown Mercury story about Gently Used Books.

In The Newspaper: Reading Eagle

Here's a link to the February 23, 2010 Reading Eagle story about Gently Used Books.

Here's a link to the December 31, 2007 Reading Eagle story about Gently Used Books.

In The Pottstown Press

Here's a link to the February 22, 2010 Pottstown Press story about the expansion of Gently Used Books.

Here's a link to the February 22, 2010 Pottstown Press story about Gently Used Books - will digital books replace print books?

We're An Easy Drive For A Lot Of People

Gently Used Books is an easy drive for anyone coming from nearby Berks County or Montgomery County, Pennsylvania towns like Amity Township, Birdsboro, Exeter, Exeter Township, Pottstown, Stowe, Mount Penn, Reading, Kenhorst, Shillington, Wyomissing, West Reading, Gilbertsville, Boyertown, North Coventry, Lower Pottsgrove, Upper Pottsgrove, Royersford, Sanatoga, Spring City, Limerick, Earlville, Greshville, St. Lawrence, Blandon, Yellow House, Jacksonwald and Oley.

On our Maps and Directions page, we have more detailed information on our Maps and Directions to Gently Used Books page that will help you get here to our bookstore.