Founders Ken Gjemre and Pat Anderson opened the first store in 1972 in a former laundromat in Dallas, Texas, filling the shelves with 2,000 books out of their personal libraries [REF].
Half Price Books has recently expanded into the outlet store business in Bloomington, Indiana;[REF] Bowling Green, Kentucky;[REF] Rockford, Illinois;[REF] and Olympia, Washington [REF].