Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/09/2019 - 10/12/2019
All Day

Location
PCPL Columbus

The Fall Book Sale will be held:
Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 3pm-7pm (special preview day for Friends only)
Thursday, Oct. 10 from 9am-7pm (open to public)
Friday, Oct. 11 from 9am-5pm (open to public – select books free starting at 3pm)
Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9am-3pm (open to public – $5 bag sale from 9am-12pm)

The Fall Book Sale will feature thousands of gently used items including a wide array of fiction and nonfiction titles in hardcover and paperback as well as DVDs and CDs. A special maritime history collection with dozens of volumes also will be featured at the sale. Items being sold at the Friends Book Sale have been donated by members of the community or withdrawn from circulation at Polk County Public Libraries. Other than specialty items and large coffee table books, most items at the sale will be priced at $1 or less.

The first day of the sale is the exclusive special preview day for Friends only. Current members of the Friends and those who join that day will have exclusive access to the Book Sale and the first opportunity to peruse and purchase from the thousands of books, CDs, and DVDs featured at the sale. Come take advantage and bring a friend to join the Friends. Annual memberships with the nonprofit Friends group are $10 for individuals and $15 for families living in the same household. Individual lifetime memberships are $100. Membership forms will be at the Book Sale and also can be downloaded here. In addition to giving you a first look at the Fall Book Sale, joining the Friends helps raise money that directly benefits programs and more at Polk County Public Libraries.

Volunteers are still needed during the Fall Book Sale as well as for set-up beforehand and clean-up afterwards. If you can volunteer, please contact Friends Board Director John Kornmayer at iandjk@windstream.net. The Friends also is still accepting donations of clean, gently used books, DVDs, and CDs. If you have a donation that involves many boxes of books, please call Columbus Library at (828) 894-8721 to make arrangements beforehand.

The Friends Book Sales are the primary fundraisers for the nonprofit Friends group with all proceeds going to support library projects and initiatives such as the summer reading programs, special events, professional development opportunities for library staff, appreciation events for library volunteers, and free programs for adults and children. The success of the Friends’ fundraising efforts for the libraries depends on volunteers like you.

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