Used screenplay bookstore

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Hello:I'm looking for bookstores, or any kind of store, in the Los Angeles area that sell used screenplays. Is there such a place? In Las Vegas? Can I order such scripts through a library's interlibrary loan program? I don't want to read or print them off the internet but actually have the hard copy to read. Thank you.Mark

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Samuel French Bookstore in L.A. used to have them, OR you could go to one of the FREE sites here on the web, download a script, then print it out.
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There are lots of sites to get free scripts. Joblo (sp) for one. If you want a specific script, I'd Google it. But most of the time I go to the street vendors - just make sure you flip through the pages - some copies are blurry (too many copies made from one) or early drafts. I like early drafts - you can see what sold, vs. what ended up on screen.

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[nq:1]Hello: I'm looking for bookstores, or any kind of store, in the Los Angeles area that sell used screenplays. Is ... want to read or print them off the internet but actually have the hard copy to read. Thank you. Mark[/nq]
scriptcity.com, planetmegamall.com, and hollywoodbookcity.com will sell you hard copy scripts via mail order. They're all in LA, but none of them have storefronts. Larry Edmunds drama bookstore, still in Hollywood - I hope - does have a storefront and they have a good but limited collection of scripts. All these places charge 15 bucks or so a script. Not cheap.
The biggest collections of screenplays on paper, in LA or just about anywhere else, are at the Motion Picture Academy Library and the Writers Guild Library. These scripts are for in library use only, no take outs. Both libraries are open to the general public with picture ID, but have fairly limited hours. WGA library is open weekdays, 11A - 5P, (til 8P on Thurs). The Academy library is open 10A - 6P, MTF, (til 8P on Tues), closed Wed & weekends.
http://www.wgfoundation.org/library.aspx
http://www.oscars.org./library/index.html
UCLA library system also has a good script collection, and much of it's available to the general public for in library use. AFI and USC's libraries also have collections, but I don't know how open they are to the general public. Worth calling to find out, I'd think.

The city of LA library system has some actual scripts in its special collection at the Goldwyn Hollywood branch, but viewing is by appointment only. System wide, their collection of scripts in book form is about as good as any public library in the country. They have almost every script from a major film that's ever been published in book form. I particularly like the Newmarket Press Shooting Script Series, because they maintain the standard script format, but compressed on a smaller page. These you can check out for a couple of weeks at a time.
http://catalog1.lapl.org/cgi-bin/cw cgi?fullRecord+6380+965+2089352+10+0

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[nq:1]Hello: I'm looking for bookstores, or any kind of store, in the Los Angeles area that sell used screenplays. Is ... want to read or print them off the internet but actually have the hard copy to read. Thank you. Mark[/nq]
Oh yeah, one more thing.
Illiad Books in Noho, has a few hundred actual scripts, but they aren't organized, so it's hard to find what you're looking for. They're usually cheaper than the script shops, though, so if you feel like digging through stacks of scripts in search of a bargain...

http://iliadbooks.com/zencart/
They're probably the best used bookstore overall in Los Angeles, especially now that Acres of Books has gone under.

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[nq:2]Hello: I'm looking for bookstores, or any kind of store, ... but actually have the hard copy to read. Thank you.[/nq]
Great info! Much appreciated everyone.
Mark

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