It may be new in town, but Half Price Books is already proving to be an essential addition to Nashville’s literary and musical marketplace. The White Bridge Pike shop carries a good selection of CDs and vinyl in various genres, but its main priority is books. There’s a decent section of new books that are literally priced at half their suggested sale price, as well as numerous recent and older volumes. A big draw for music fans is the selection of reasonably priced multi-disc sets that highlight either particular artists or idioms, many of them imports. The amount of jazz and blues, as well as country, folk and R&B/soul, varies — it’s more of a rock-and-pop kind of place. The same holds true with Half Price’s musically themed book and DVD selections. But here’s an added bonus, especially for those without cars: It’s on the bus line. RON WYNN
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Half Price Books
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