Maya Books and Music
Maya Books and Music
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Pete
Daytona Beach, FL459 contributions
Jun 2024 • Couples
This place is packed with books and has something for everyone's taste. My wife got 2 cookbooks and I got a copy of the novel Rebecca. All 3 were in excellent condition and were about $5 each. Maya was very friendly, and we found out she was from our hometown up north. She was very knowable about books and life in general. We could have spent hours there just talking
Written June 10, 2024
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Rufus W
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Jun 2024 • Couples
The best part of a great day was spent at Maya's shop. Any literary aficionado should go out of their way to make this a must stop in central Florida. Part of a dying breed of great shops. Should be in Grisham's next Camino tome.
Written June 23, 2024
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George A. J
387 contributions
Oct 2019 • Solo
This is my favorite bookstore. I can spend hours there. There are rich resources in spirituality, philosophy, history, fiction, etc. Something for everyone and extensive CD collection. A must visit when in Sanford!
Written October 21, 2019
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Bob H
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Feb 2024 • Friends
An old-school bookstore and book loving owner--May. A great selection of unique gently used books [I purchased 2 hard to find Cory Doctorow books!], some cool "classic" posters, and per my music-loving friend a great collection of CDs. Maya was wonderful, the atmosphere casual, and the prices reasonable. A Sanford gem.
Written April 2, 2024
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Linda C
Longwood, FL3,802 contributions
Dec 2018 • Friends
With another enlargement of Willow Tree Maya has moved across the street to a new address. This is a lovely long space with loft in the back for the music section. Maya has all the great books and music that it had before, but with a more organized layout and a nicer ambiance. If you visit in the other location you might have been put off by the stacks of books about---this is no longer the chase and I was happy to see the number of people visiting the last couple of times I was there. PS I didn't mind the clutter but felt it was just part of the charm---but not everybody does and I think everybody should be happy with the latest edition of the store.
Written December 20, 2018
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Linda C
Longwood, FL3,802 contributions
May 2017 • Friends
The store is on a corner next to a popular restaurant on First Ave. Outside you can view the jumbled, but always interesting window display of some of their more unusual items.
Be sure to check out the items (multiple books on all manner of subjects from fiction to non- and back again) by the front door for some great bargains. If you go straight in from the front door you'll find a counter on your left and shelves which continue along with quite awhile. They have all subjects but if the location and or organization isn't immediately evident just ask and they can tell you were to look. If you continue along this isle you'll come to a seating area where you can review the books at your leisure or just take a break from the mind numbing selection.
If you turn left at the aisle by the counter you'll enter another room, again full of all manner of book as well as couches for that break we spoke about before.
If you continue to the rear of this room---there's a door to the left there is a whole section of music laid out like an old record store, with again a mind numbing profusion.
As with many used book stores of this kind thing are not always anywhere near organized, but I personally feel that that is a plus for the ambiance.
Be sure to check out the items (multiple books on all manner of subjects from fiction to non- and back again) by the front door for some great bargains. If you go straight in from the front door you'll find a counter on your left and shelves which continue along with quite awhile. They have all subjects but if the location and or organization isn't immediately evident just ask and they can tell you were to look. If you continue along this isle you'll come to a seating area where you can review the books at your leisure or just take a break from the mind numbing selection.
If you turn left at the aisle by the counter you'll enter another room, again full of all manner of book as well as couches for that break we spoke about before.
If you continue to the rear of this room---there's a door to the left there is a whole section of music laid out like an old record store, with again a mind numbing profusion.
As with many used book stores of this kind thing are not always anywhere near organized, but I personally feel that that is a plus for the ambiance.
Written June 5, 2017
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sisterdisco1
Niagara Falls, NY23 contributions
Jan 2017
I recently visited this used book store and fell in love with it. I'm not one to pass up a book store, and I had a hard time walking out after I walked in. This cute little store is part book store, part antique store, and part music store. The back room is full of records and all sorts of musical memorabilia. The books were well organized and reasonably priced. There are even clothes and other sorts of accessories. I left with an armful of books and a dress for just over $30. If you enjoy used bookstores this is not one to miss !! This place is truly a gem !!!! Support your local businesses so places like this don't disappear.
Written January 27, 2017
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Renee Rose C
Sanford, FL15 contributions
Feb 2016 • Family
Maya's is one of our favorite places to spend an afternoon #Sanfording. A wonderful welcoming place for locals and tourists alike my children and I always find at least half a dozen fairly priced books we throughly enjoy. The shop makes browsing extremely comfortable with it's kitschy collection of vintage furniture, throw pillows and sofas. It's an old-fashioned bookstore vibe you just can't get in a big box store. Expect to find a are selection of vinyl, eclectic gift items and a friendly, upbeat shop-keeper.
Written February 22, 2016
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GoWithNana
Northern Virginia15 contributions
Jan 2016
We have visited downtown Sanford several times on our way to or from Virginia to Orlando and points south, and look forward to browsing at Maya's Books and Music. It is an old fashioned used book store with a wide selection, generally categorized for pleasant browsing. We have left books in trade with Maya, who is open 7 days a week. I've found useful books in history, philosophy and religious studies at Maya's, so it is definitely not light-fiction-heavy, though there is plenty of that. The store is about 5 miles off I-4 in downtown Sanford, and I would interrupt any drive along I-4 to see what books I might have missed on earlier trips.
Written January 9, 2016
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Aloft1961
Orlando, FL380 contributions
Maya's books and records abundant. And a dog. Slightly musty smelling but for all you tablet readers that's what books smell like. Books on every subject. Little known tip - you can bring your old books in and get store credit towards book and album purchases.
Written April 21, 2015
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