Besides being a useful replacement for a missing table leg, a stack of books also makes you look smarter, and can stop a crossbow arrow if you're being targeted by any misinformed vampire slayers. Protect your well-being with today's Groupon: for $12, you get $25 worth of books, CDs, DVDs, and more at BookBuyers, located in Mountain View.

BookBuyers' mountain of contemporary and vintage media packs the shelves with more than 300,000 used media items, from books and magazines to software and games, and even DVDs and a few space-age laserdiscs. Its stock includes trade editions in hardback ($8+) and softcover ($5+), pocket paperbacks ($2–$5), a battery of CDs and DVDs ($4+), audio books ($15+), and a small cache of collectibles, rare volumes, and leather-bound tomes ($30+). Deeply discounted items are scattered throughout the myriad selections, turning browsing for imagination stimulation into a hunt for buried dimensional-shifting, mind-expanding treasure.

BookBuyers has been fueling the literate desires of Bay Area word junkies for two decades, and is now celebrating its 20th anniversary of media-promulgating excellence. When you stop in for a quick shelf-stocking or to delve into inky depths of written and audible words, bring in a few of your own books, CDs, games, or movies to trade so that they can find a fresh set of senses to stimulate. Trades are accepted on Fridays and Saturdays.

This Groupon is valid for in-store purchases at the Mountain View location only. Not valid for current-year calendars.

Reviews

Insider Pagers and Yahoo! Locals give BookBuyers an average of four stars, and more than 130 Yelpers give it a 4.5-star average:

• The Bookbuyers is the place to go to purchase used books and CDs. They have a huge selection of all genres, including a great kids section. – Beverly S., Insider Pages
• The selection of books is large and the store is well organized. – Patricia W., Insider Pages
• Their selection is impressive, with floor-to-ceiling shelves taking up most of the store. – Bill, Yahoo! Local