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Our local library has a huge sale every year. It's usually Thr-Sun. Thursday, you have to pay to get in, Friday-Sunday you don't, and Sunday you can fill a box for $5. I always take off work on Friday to take advantage of good books I'm looking for, and then me and Derrick will go back on Sunday so I can load up on books that just look appealing. It's coming up soon (end of April), and I'm getting excited!
My favorite place to pick up books are at the local thrift stores.
Beth wrote: "Our local library has a huge sale every year. It's usually Thr-Sun. Thursday, you have to pay to get in, Friday-Sunday you don't, and Sunday you can fill a box for $5. I always take off work on ..."Our library does the same thing each year and it is packed with great books. It is so crowded that you have to be there by 8:00 in the morning to stand in line....and it doesn't start until 10:00.They let 20 people in at a time. Everyone brings wagons and other vehicles just to carry away their purchases. It is such fun and I have gotten some wonderful books there that would have normally cost a small fortune.
Our local thrift stores have nothing worth looking at,unfortunately.
Joseph wrote: "I don't know of community groups, but one place I like to buy books for those prices is at the public libraries. All in my area have a couple of shelves worth of books for sale year round for less..."My library does too. I LOVE the library.
I work for the municipal disposal area in town, and we have an area where people can drop off usable goods or pick up something they may need (kids clothes/toys, kitchen chairs, pictures, glassware, etc.). There are a number of bookshelves, as well. Most are what I'd classify as 'beach reads', but I've made some great finds.The library also has sales, and sometimes the supermarket has a few bins with 50-cent paperbacks and $1 hard copies to benefit various organizations in town.
I keep hearing such good things about library sales! I really need to find out when my library is having one (I vaguely remember them having them in the past). Usually they have a table with a few books for sale near the door, but there's not anything good.Our Goodwill, on the other hand, basically has a small used bookstore inside. It's amazing. :)
My library is cruddy and small. We don't have anywhere in town to buy books besides walmart :(
A lot of my collection has come from the library sales and when I'm done, I donate them back to ppl who can't afford books.
Our Goodwill has a decent amount of books for sale but they charge $1 for paperbacks and $2 for hardbacks. The annual friends of the library sale each summer used to sell for 25 cents a book but two years ago upped it to 50 cents a book (hardcover or paperback) with magazines at 10 cents a pound. Last day of the sale is the bag sale. All the books you can fit in a bag (paper grocery sack) for $2 (used to be $1/bag). A few years ago at the really cheap prices and bag sale I got alot of books. I can't buy as many now that the price went up, but I still end up with a decent haul once a year. lol (I actually save up for it and wait all year for the sale I love it so much.) I'm picky about what I buy at the thrift shop now that their prices went so high. I try garage sales too during the summer. I also started using PBS (paperbackswap) to get rid of some of my books I know I won't read again, dupilicates, etc. and it's a good way to find specific out-of-print books or to fill gaps in a series.
if a sale doesn't have what you want, do you try a different author? I've read a bunch of different authors from browsing sales.
The PTO at my children's school in Brookfield, IL has an annual used book sale to raise funds. PTO members collect books that didn't sell from the library sales and take donations from community members, too. We fill the gym and offer hardcovers for $1 and paperbacks for .50. During the last hour or two, they will let you fill a grocery bag for a dollar. They sort by general categories, so you can find some gems with a little searching. I wish more schools would have this kind of a fundraiser. All books left over are donated away again.
I'm a new author selling my e book for 1.99. But if anyone is interested I can provide a coupon for a free download. It's a crime fiction.
There's a fantastic website that tracks library sales and other fund-raiser sales: http://www.booksalefinder.com/index.htmlIt's organized by state, and then by date and town both. I live by it.
Does anyone know of any other good places to get books like this? I'm especially interested in groups doing things like this in WV.