Cook & Young Booksellers

Love their new selection / abundance of Japanese anime/ manga!!

Knowledgeable staff, not the cheapest but you can get reductions if you use loyalty scheme

I went to the Geelong store today and had the best experience. I had to pick up wrapping paper and cards for my nieces birthdays to wrap gifts. Annie, the sales assistant couldn’t have gone out of her way to help me anymore. She was awesome. It only did she help me choose from their gorgeous paper selection she wrapped my present for me ( bought in another store ) made them look spectacular. What a generous thing to do. This is why I love shopping in Geelong and Annie should get a promotion.

The shop assistant was very helpful in deciding what book to choose for my granddaughter who is turning 9 in March. I wanted a book too and the shop assistant was helpful there too. I will be going back again very soon to pick a good for my grandson's birthday in April. I had a lot of fun there

Great Staff and always a good selection of new releases from Novels to Manga

The staff are incredibly helpful and very friendly. Good selection of books too.

There's always a wide range of books to choose from, and the staff are always nice to be around! I'm a manga reader so it's selection of manga books from obscure to popular is really cool to see :)

I visited today and I have to say this bookstore is actually pretty amazing. I was happy to see that basically every shelf in this bookstore is packed with books, and they are mostly shelved with their spines facing outwards (at least the Motivation, Health and Business sections were) which means there are more books on offer AND more stock! This is compared to somewhere like Dymocks at Chadstone where they will shelve the book with the cover facing out and with space in between which means there's less on offer (last time I went to Chadstone they had very little stock). No sure why this stood out to me so much, but it was very nice to see.I found copies of books I already own that are in a smaller format (i.e. versions I hadn't seen before) which was nice as I've recently become a big fan of small format books or books that are small enough to throw in a backpack without adding much weight.I would say the prices here are also better than Dymocks. I think that the pricing might be between Dymocks and QBD. If you are a book lover this is a store you need to take a look at.

The fantasy, children's and Manga section are lit, huge range and special editions.

Great bookstore with friendly staff and a wide variety of material. Store has a great vibe and that wonderful smell of new books.