Despite, bearing the name of a bookshop this place seems to really specialise in its video games and games repairs rather than those bound collections of paper with writing on it. They do all kinds of books and video games exchanges and if you’re looking to unload yourself from those college textbooks and get some more drinking money than this is your place.
Alexandra M.
Place rating: 3 Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Although the exterior is kind of off-putting(it looks like a bathhouse), the Bookmart is actually a decent shop where you can find some good buys. Its location on Talbot is unusual because this street doesn’t exactly scream literary crowd. I’d say that the majority of people who wander in are interested in the Playstation section because all the games are displayed in the front of the shop. Posters inside advertise that the shop takes in your old games in exchange for some of theirs. The shop has a similar scheme with the used books. All this swapping is very communist! It also offers you three books for the price of two which is a good deal considering that the average price of one book is 5 Euro. It doesn’t just stock harlequins and murder mysteries either. There’s a section of Irish fiction and a bookcase of top sellers. The DVD section is pretty weak so I’d stick to either book or game shopping.